Albert Spear was a justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Maine Supreme Judicial Court

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in Maine's judicial system. Known as the Law Court when sitting as an appellate court, it is composed of seven justices, who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Maine Senate...

 and President of the Maine Senate

Maine Senate

The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than...

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Albert Spear was born in Madison, Maine in 1852. He graduated from Bates College

Bates College

Bates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists...

 in Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...

in 1875. Spear then studied law and was admitted to the Maine bar in 1878. Spear went on to practice law and served as a city solicitor, mayor and state senator. From 1893 to 1894 he served as President of the Maine State Senate. In 1902 he was appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and he retired in 1923 but continued to hear cases as an active retired justice. Spear died in 1929 in Augusta, Maine.