The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-08
Somerset Legislators.


We are Indebted to Howard Owen OF
Augusta, for biog raphcal sketches q
Somerset members Of the Senate and
House OF the State Legislature as fol-
lows:
SENATE.
Bryant, Edmund c., Pittsfield. Re
publican, Free Baptist, dentist. married :;
age 30. Born IN North Arson educated
al Arson Academy and Pennington
Normal school. Graduated from Bal
timore Dental College in the class Of
1879. Has been prominent member ~
the Maine Dental Society. Was appoint
ed member OF the State Board of Den
tai Examiners IN 1897 BY GOV. Power.
aud reappOinted In 1900 Tha; u.
Bryant stands high In his profession +
shown by the fact that he WAS invited
10 give clinic before the Worlds Co
lumbar Dental Congress held in Chicago
during the Columbian Exposition, ana
has recently received similar invitation
from the New York Chronological So
ciety. Selectman one year; member Of
school board tea years. Director Of
Pittstield National Bank. Member 0.
the House 1887, declining a reelection.
mtuUeT OF the last senate.
Goodwin, Forrest, Skowhegan. Re-
publican, no religious preferences report
ed, lawyer, married; age 40. Born In
Skowhegan; educated at Bloomfield
Academy, Colby College, and Boston
University Law School. Member of
the House in 1889. Always Repub-
ican.
House.
Manson, John W., Pittsfeld. Re-
publican, Universalist, lawyer, married I;
age 40. Born in Pittsfeld Graduated
from the Maine Central Institute In the
class of 1877, and from Bowdoin College
in the class Of 1881. Always voted the
Democratic ticket until Bryan's nomi-
nation as candidate for President.
Knowlton, John, New Portland. Re.
publican, Free Baptist, farmer, married !;
age AS. Born in New Portland; attend
ed the common and high schools.
Taught school IN New Portland aud
surrounding towns in winter for eight
years. On the board of selectmen six
wears. Secretary of the New Portland
Fire Insurance Company. Always a
Republican.
Smith, c. H., Hartland. Republican,
no religious preferences, merchant.
single; age %. Born in Harmony; edu-
Gated at Hartland Academy and at the
Shaw Business College, Augusta. Deal
er in clothing, gents furnishings and
numbering, Town Clerk and Supervisor
of Schools three years. Representative
to the Legislature four years ago, at the
age of 81. Always Republican.
Page, Edward P, Skowhegan. Re-
publican, Congregationalist Treasurer
of savings bank and In the lumber bust
ness, married; age Sc. Born in Nor
ridgewock; educated in the high school
and at Kent's Hill. Member of the last
House. Always Republican.
Weeks, George c., Fairfield, Repub-
lican, Unitarian, lawyer, married; age
Al. Born in Fairfield; educated at the
high school and at Bowdoin College.
Member of the House in 1893 and 1897,
and of the Senate in 1899 and 1901.
Always Republican.
Smith, A. Ledyard, Jr., Madison.
Republican, no religious preferences,
manufacturer, married; age 40. Born
in Salem, Mass. graduated from Wesle-
yam University, Middletown, Conn, ia
1888. In the real estate and insurance
business at Appleton, Wisconsin 1888
So; with Combined Locks Paper Co.,
Combined Locks, Wisconsin 1889; with
Alpena Sulphite Fibre Co., Alpena,
Michigan, 1890; Superintendent, Manu-
featuring Investment Co., Appleton,
Wisconsin 1912; general manager,
Manufacturing Investment Co., Apple
ton, Wisconsin, and Madison, Maine
lS93-98; assistant to the President of
Great Northern Paper Co. of Madison
and Milinocket 1899 to the present time.
Savage, Mark, Bingham. Republican,