Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-11
HANCOCK's DELEGATION.

HANCOCK's DELEGATION.
Senators and Representatives in the
State Legislature.
SENATORS.
Leach, Burke, of Bucksport, comes to
the legislature for his first term in that
body Is q senator from western Hancock
county. He was born in the town OF
Penobscot, Aug. ID, 1859, moving sixteen
years ago to Bucksport, where he was
first engaged in the grocery business,
working for the firm OF Finson q Brown
as clerk for eight years. He severed his
connection with that store to become
solicitor for one of the large life insurance
companies. In 1903 he was elected. by the
town OF Bucksport as collector OF taxes,
and he has been reelected to that office
every year since. He has been unusually
successful in that Office, making his col
lections promptly and running the office
in q businesslike manner. He is demo-
crat in politics, and has served the county
as deputy sheriff under Sheriff b. II.
Mayo. He is q charter member Of Court
Alamoosook, /. o. F., and is treasurer OF
Fort Knox lodge, l. o. o. F.
Mayo, Byron H., one of the democratic
senators from Hancock, is a resident OF
the town Of Southwest Harhor; was sheriff
OF Hancock county from 1905 until 1903,
and the 1911 legislature will be his first.
Mr.. Mayo was educated in the public
schools and is now q wholesale fish dealer
in his native place; he has been interested
in and connected with the fishing business
in Massachusetts, and Maine for thirty
five years. He is married, ffty-four years
OF age, and a member Of the masonic
order. His religious preference is with
the Methodist church. As sheriff Of Han
cock county, Mr.. Mayo came prominently
into the public eye by his strict enforce
ment of the prohibitory law. He is man
of strong personality and will be lead
ing figure in the upper branch OF the
Maine legislature.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Peters, John A., of Ellsworth, was one
of the prominent republicans in the House
at the last session Of the legislature, and is
also one of the foremost leaders of his
party in eastern Maine. He would in all
have been the speaker of the
incoming House had the republican party
not lost its majority. MIR. Peters is
married, and is leading member OF the
Hancock county bar. He is q graduate
of Bowdoin college. For long time
he was judge OF the municipal court
in Ellsworth, but resigned his position
when first elected as q member of the
legislature. 1t was after one of the most
hotly -contested political battles that
ever occurred in Hancock county that
Judge Peters won out in the legisla-
tive contest last fall. He received the
certificate Of election, but it has been
that his opponent, Harvard c.
Jordan, will take the matter before the
legislature on the ground Of error in the
count which returned Judge Peters by a |
single vote.
Hodgkins, Frank L., OF Lamoine, is q |
republican and has been politically &C.
tive in his section. He is married and is |
fifty six years OF age. Mr.. Hodgkins was |
in the Castine normal school |
and at Poughkeepsie business college. |
BE is one of Names energetic fish |
wardens, is the chairman of the town |
committee and secretary Of the county |
committee. He is q member of the
Patrons Of Husbandry and by religious
preference a Baptist. Mr.. Hodgkins was
q member of the legislature of 1901, and is
q director of the Union Trust Co., Of
Ellsworth. His seat is contested by DIR.
Otis Littlefeld, OF Bluehill.
Mace, Frank E., member Of the lower
branch from Great Pond, Hancock
has long been prominent in the
party in his section and will
make his influence felt during the session.
He is forty-six years of age, married and
is merchant, besides doing more or less
He was educated in the
common schools Of Aurora and Ellsworth
and at the Maine Central institute. He
has been postmaster of his town and
for senator from Hancock county, making
very strong runs each time. He is q
Mason and his religious preference is
Baptist.
Snow, DR.. Horace E., OF Bucksport, is
one Of the well-known members Of the
medical profession in Hancock county.
He is q republican. His age is fifty years
and he is married. DR.. Snow prepared for
the study Of medicine at East Maine con-
ference seminary at Bucksport, and after
wards studied at the Maine medical school
at Bowdoin. He was appointed United
States pension examiner in his district,
position he has filed with fidelity and
ability. He is member of several secret
orders, belonging to the Odd Fellows,
Masons, New England Order Of Protection
and the Ancient Order OF United Work.
men. His religious preference is Metho-
dist.
Shea, Charles W., representative from
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