12 Facts About Edward Kavanagh

Edward Kavanagh was a United States representative and the 17th governor of Maine.

Edward Kavanagh later attended Montreal Seminary and Georgetown College in Washington.

Edward Kavanagh graduated from St Mary's College in 1813.

Edward Kavanagh studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Damariscotta, Maine.

Edward Kavanagh was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1826 to 1828, and was secretary of the state senate in 1830.

Edward Kavanagh's first elected role was on the school committee, followed by roles as selectman, state representative, and state senator.

Edward Kavanagh was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4,1831, to March 3,1835.

Edward Kavanagh was nationally noticed as the first Catholic elected from New England.

Edward Kavanagh was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and was appointed Charge d'Affaires to Portugal on March 3,1835, and served until his resignation in June 1841.

Edward Kavanagh was one of the four Maine commissioners on the northeastern boundary in 1842 in the negotiations that led to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, and was a member of the Maine Senate in 1842 and 1843 and served as the president of the Maine Senate.

Edward Kavanagh became Governor of Maine upon the election of Governor Fairfield on March 7,1843, to replace US Senator Reuel Williams upon William's resignation, and served until the end of the term in 1844.

Less than four weeks later, Edward Kavanagh died in Newcastle; interment was in St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills.