Ralph Owen Brewster (1888 - 1961)

Born 22 Feb 1888 in Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Foss) Brewster — married 20 Apr 1915 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1961 at age 73 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Preceded by 53rd Governor Percival Proctor Baxter Preceded by John Gregg Utterback Preceded by Frederick Hale

Owen Brewster 54th Governor of Maine 1925—1929 US House of Representatives from Maine's Third District 1935—1941 US Senator (Class 1) from Maine [1] 1941—1952

Succeeded by 55th Governor William Tudor Gardiner Succeeded by Frank Fellows Succeeded by Frederick G. Payne

Biography

Owen Brewster is Notable.

Descendant of William Brewster.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Resigned, having already lost the renomination, vacant December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953 when elected successor seated.

Sources

• Owen Brewster on Wikipedia

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F49J-6QV : 4 December 2014), Ralph Owen Brewster, 22 Feb 1888; citing Dexter, Maine; FHL microfilm 9,756.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HKZ-VCK : 27 December 2014), Ralph Owen Brewster, 22 Feb 1888.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMLT-1SK : 20 January 2015), Ralph O Brewster in household of William E Brewster, Dexter town, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 446, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,597.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR36-F4G : 29 October 2015), Ralph O Brewster in household of William E Brewster, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 161, sheet 6B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,557.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q24F-9WZ7 : 6 October 2016), Ralph O Brewster and Dorothy Foss, 20 Apr 1915.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCNR-42R : 27 November 2014), Ralph O Brewster and Dorothy Foss, 20 Apr 1915; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q24F-9HN5 : 6 October 2016), Ralph O Brewster in entry for Charles Foss Brewster, 08 May 1916.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q24F-9ZX8 : 6 October 2016), Ralph O Brewster in entry for Owen Brewster, 03 Jun 1917.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZFY-RVC : 12 December 2014), Ralph Owen Brewster, 1917-1918; citing Portland County no 2, Maine, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,654,015.

• "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KG9Q-CSN : 4 December 2014), Ralph O Brewster, 21 Oct 1918; citing Military Service, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFZ6-MZ6 : 14 December 2015), Ralph O Brewster, Portland Ward 8, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,640.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMD7-BKC : 8 December 2015), Honorable Ralph O Brewster in entry for William E Brewster, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMMG-733 : accessed 18 October 2016), Ralph O Brewster, Dexter Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-51, sheet 4A, family 75, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1487.

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