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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineSimon Moulton HAMLIN
(1866-1939)
HAMLIN, Simon Moulton, a
Representative from Maine; born in Standish (Richville), Cumberland
County, Maine, August 10, 1866; attended the public schools, Gorham
(Maine) Normal School, and Bridgton (Maine) Academy; taught school;
was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1900;
superintendent of the South Portland and Cape Elizabeth schools
1901-1925; city clerk of South Portland, Maine, in 1913; engaged in
the real estate business at South Portland in 1925; also interested
in farming; member of the board of registration 1926-1932; served
as mayor in 1933 and 1934; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937);
chairman, Committee on Memorials (Seventy-fourth Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth
Congress; resumed the real estate business and farming in South
Portland, Maine, until his death there July 27, 1939; interment in
Hamlin Cemetery, Standish (Richville), Maine.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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