11 Facts About Alton Cianchette

Alton E Cianchette was an American businessperson and politician from Maine.

Alton Cianchette died on January 18,2000, when his single-engine 1948 Cessna crashed in rural eastern Kentucky en route from Maine to his winter home in St Petersburg, Florida.

Alton Cianchette was first elected in 1972 while residing in Pittsfield.

Re-elected two years later, Alton Cianchette did not seek public office again until 1992, when he had moved to Palmyra.

Alton Cianchette ran in 1992 as part of a bipartisan campaign he spearheaded to get more business managers elected to the Maine Legislature.

Alton Cianchette was reelected but the Maine Republican Party took control of the body following the 1994 general election and Jeffrey Butland was elected Senate President instead.

Alton Cianchette served as a trustee and philanthropist for Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.

Alton Cianchette was a radio operator stationed in Germany for 18 months during the Korean War.

Alton Cianchette participated in numerous community organizations including as the President of the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and as a Trustee for the Susan L Curtis Foundation.

Alton Cianchette was awarded, along with his brother Ival R 'Bud' Cianchette, the 1990 Business Leaders of Maine Award by the Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Alton Cianchette served on the President's Council of the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was President of the Maine Pilots Association in 1976.