Anson P. Morrill

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24th Governor of Maine
Anson Peaslee Morrill

In office January 3, 1855 – January 2, 1856
Preceded by	William G. Crosby
Succeeded by	Samuel Wells

Born	June 10, 1803 Belgrade, Maine
Died	July 4, 1887 Augusta, Maine
Political party	Republican

Anson Peaslee Morrill (June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887) was an American statesman. Born in 1803 in Belgrade, Maine, originally a storekeeper and millkeeper, he was the Governor of Maine from 1855 to 1856, represented Maine's fourth district in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 and served in the Maine state legislature. He was older brother to Lot M. Morrill, a U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Ulysses S. Grant. He died in 1887 in Augusta, Maine and is buried at the Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

After his term as Governor, Morrill served as president of the Maine Central Railroad 1864-1866 and again 1873-1875.^[1] Following his second term as the railroad's president, he served as vice president for the railroad until his death in 1887.

He is buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.^[2]

[edit] References

Anson P. Morrill at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

^ Legg, John F. (January 17, 1999). Maine Central Railroad Company. Retrieved on 2005-12-29.
^ Anson Peaslee Morrill. Find A Grave. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.

Preceded by William G. Crosby	Governor of Maine 1858–1861	Succeeded by Samuel Wells
Preceded by Hollis Bowman	President of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866	Succeeded by unk.
Preceded by unk.	President of Maine Central Railroad 1873–1875	Succeeded by unk.

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