13 Facts About Frederick Robie

Frederick Robie was an American physician and politician who most notably served as the 39th governor of Maine.

Frederick Robie then took a medical course at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and received his medical degree in 1844.

Frederick Robie had a successful medical career and established medical practices in Biddeford, Maine, and then in Waldoboro, Maine.

Frederick Robie later practiced medicine in his hometown of Gorham.

Frederick Robie served with the Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863.

Frederick Robie then was transferred to Boston as Chief Paymaster of the Department of New England.

Frederick Robie later served in Maine administering the final payments of discharged soldiers.

Frederick Robie was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1859.

Frederick Robie was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1872 and 1876.

Frederick Robie served as a member of the Executive Council of Maine in 1880 and from 1881 to 1882.

Frederick Robie was re-elected in 1884 by nearly 20,000 votes.

Frederick Robie served on the boards of directors of the First National Bank of Portland and the Portland and Rochester Railroad Company.

Frederick Robie died at his home in Gorham in on February 2,1912.