10 Facts About Sidney Perham

Sidney Perham was a US Representative and the 33rd governor of Maine and was an activist in the temperance movement.

Sidney Perham was elected a member of the Maine Board of Agriculture in 1853, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1854, serving as Speaker of the House that one year, and was clerk of the courts of Oxford County, Maine, from 1859 to 1863.

Sidney Perham was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869, not being a candidate for renomination in 1868.

Sidney Perham served as president of the board of trustees of Westbrook Seminary in Deering, Maine, from 1865 to 1880.

In September 1870, Sidney Perham was elected Governor of Maine, serving from 1871 to 1874.

Sidney Perham replaced former American Civil War General Joshua Chamberlain as governor.

Sidney Perham was president of the board of trustees of Maine Industrial School in Hallowell, Maine, from 1873 to 1898 and was Secretary of State of Maine in 1875.

Sidney Perham served as a fellow at Bates College from 1871 to 1873.

Sidney Perham served as appraiser in the United States Customhouse in Portland, Maine, from 1877 to 1885 and was a member of the board of trustees of the Universalist General Convention for twenty-seven years, serving as its president for some time.

Sidney Perham died in Washington, DC, on April 10,1907 and was interred in Lakeside Cemetery in Bryant Pond, Maine.