Harris M. Plaisted
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Harris Merrill Plaisted (November 2, 1828 – January 31, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Born in Jefferson, New Hampshire, Plaisted attended the common schools, and was graduated from Waterville (Maine) College in 1853 and from the Albany (New York) Law School in 1856. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1856. During the Civil War served in the Union Army and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh Regiment, Maine Infantry, October 30, 1861, and colonel May 12, 1862. Brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers February 21, 1865, and major general March 13, 1865. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1867 and 1868. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868. Attorney general of Maine 1873-1875.
Plaisted was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel F. Hersey and served from September 13, 1875, to March 3, 1877. He did not run for renomination in 1876. He was author of "Digest of Maine Reports from 1820 to 1880".
Plaisted served as Governor of Maine from 1881-1883. He was editor and publisher of the New Age, Augusta, from 1883 until his death in Bangor, Maine, January 31, 1898. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Daniel F. Davis |
Governor of Maine 1881-1883 |
Succeeded by Frederick Robie |
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