1. Charles Stetson was a United States representative from Maine, and the eldest member of a powerful Bangor political family.
13 Facts About Charles Stetson
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Charles Stetson was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, on November 2,1801, but moved with his parents to Hampden, Maine, in 1802.
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Charles Stetson subsequently attended Hampden Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1823.
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Charles Stetson studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hampden in 1826.
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Charles Stetson was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1828, then held various local offices.
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Charles Stetson moved to Bangor, adjoining Hampden, in 1833, as that city grew rapidly into the region's largest port.
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Charles Stetson was appointed Judge of the Bangor Municipal Court, Member of the Common Council of Bangor, and a Member of the Executive Council of Maine.
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Charles Stetson was finally elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first United States Congress.
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Charles Stetson was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Thirty-second Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Bangor.
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Charles Stetson affiliated with the Republican Party in 1860, as had most local politicians, including fellow Hampdenite Hannibal Hamlin, who became Lincoln's Vice President.
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Charles Stetson died in Bangor March 27,1883, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor.
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Charles Stetson was married to Emily Jane Pierce, the daughter of Waldo Pierce of Frankfort, Maine.
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Charles' daughter Caroline Pierce Stetson married attorney Franklin A Wilson, who represented Bangor in the Maine House of Representatives and subsequently became President of the Maine Central Railroad.