Anson Peaslee Morrill was an American

United States

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 politician. Born in 1803 in Belgrade, Maine

Belgrade, Maine

Belgrade is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,978 at the 2000 census. Belgrade's population, however, approximately doubles during the summer months as part-year residents return to seasonal camps located on the shores of Great Pond, Long Pond and Messalonskee...

, originally a storekeeper and millkeeper, he was the 24th Governor

Governor of Maine

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 of Maine

Maine

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 from 1855 to 1856, represented Maine's fourth district in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from 1861 to 1863 and served in the Maine state legislature. He was older brother to Lot M. Morrill

Lot M. Morrill

Lot Myrick Morrill was an American statesman who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury....

, a U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

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. He died in 1887 in Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Maine

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 and is buried at the Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the capital of the US state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine. The city's population was 19,136 at the 2010 census, making it the third-smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont and Pierre, South Dakota...

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After his term as Governor, Morrill served as president of the Maine Central Railroad

Maine Central Railroad

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 1864-1866 and again 1873-1875. 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

Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the capital of the US state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine. The city's population was 19,136 at the 2010 census, making it the third-smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont and Pierre, South Dakota...

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