1. Frederick Neal Dow was an American political activist from Maine.
10 Facts About Fred Dow
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Fred Dow helped found the Portland Club, an influential Republican all-male social club in Portland's West End.
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Frederick Dow was born to father Neal Dow and Maria Cornelia Durant Dow in Portland, Maine on December 23,1840.
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Fred Dow attended Portland Academy, Portland High School, and the Friends' School in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Fred Dow left school at the age of 16 and entered the tanning business with his father.
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In 1871, Fred Dow began his political career with an appointment to the staff of Republican governor Sidney Perham.
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Fred Dow served as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1880 which nominated James Garfield and Chester Arthur as its ticket.
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Fred Dow then turned his attention to building the Republican Party nationally through the creation of permanent social clubs.
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Fred Dow was the first President of the Maine State League of Republican Clubs.
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In 1886, Fred Dow was nominated by the Republicans for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, which he easily won.