governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end
john h. reed harold goss kenneth m. curtis april 21 , 2006 jefferson , maine republican 40th secretary of state of maine 1912 1961 paul a. macdonald
 1964
paul a. macdonald

paul a. macdonald -lrb- 1912 - april 21 , 2006 -rrb- was an american politician and lawyer from maine .
a republican , mcdonald was elected by the maine legislature as the 40th secretary of state of maine from 1961-1964 .
he was born in rural jefferson , maine and prior to serving as secretary of state , served as clerk to the legal affairs committee of the maine legislature and as a deputy secretary of state .
after leaving the secretary of state position , he served as a district court judge for decades .
