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Samuel Wells
In office Preceded by Anson Morrill Succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin In office
Born (1801-08-15 ) August 15, 1801Durham, New Hampshire , U.S.Died July 15, 1868(1868-07-15) (aged 66 )Boston , Massachusetts, U.S. Political party Republican Spouse Ann Louisa Appleton Children Samuel Wells (1836–1908) Profession lawyer
Samuel Wells (August 15, 1801 – July 15, 1868) was an American politician and the 25th Governor of Maine .
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Samuel Wells was born in Durham, New Hampshire on August 15, 1801. He was educated at local schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar.
Wells had a successful career as an attorney in Maine, living successively in Waterville , Hallowell , and Portland . He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1836 to 1840. Wells was an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1847 to 1854.
A Democrat , Wells became Governor of Maine in 1856, chosen by the state legislature after none of the candidates in a three-way race obtained the popular vote majority required by law.
He was unsuccessful in his re-election bid and left office on January 8, 1857. After leaving office, he moved to Boston and practiced law.
He died in Boston on July 15, 1868.[1]
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^ There is a brief account of his life in an obituary of his son Samuel (1836–1903), a lawyer and member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts Green, Charles Montraville (1907). "Memoir of Samuel Wells, A.B." Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts . The Society: 27–31. Retrieved 2008-09-06 .
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