death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title preceded order term_start image name caption resting_place succeeded predecessor birth_place party successor religion article_title
22 january 1844 27 april 1795 march 1844 1843 1843 3 , 1835 june 1841 january 1 , montreal college seminary , georgetown college , st. mary 's newcastle , maine 17th governor of maine joseph f. wingate member 's 3rd district chargé d'affaires to portugal 19th president of of the maine senate member of the maine senate member of the the maine house of representatives u.s. house of representatives from maine march 7 , 1843 1843 1842 4 , 1831 march 3 , 1835 march edward kavanagh -lrb- maine governor -rrb- . jpg edward kavanagh governor men of maine '' . edward kavanagh . from 1893 's `` representative st. maine patrick 's catholic cemetery , damariscotta mills , jeremiah bailey thomas l.l. brent john fairfield samuel blake newcastle , maine democrat washington barrow david dunn virgil d. parris catholic edward kavanagh

edward kavanagh

edward kavanagh -lrb- april 27 , 1795 -- january 22 , 1844 -rrb- was a united states representative and the 17th governor of maine .
born in newcastle , maine , he attended montreal seminary -lrb- in quebec , canada -rrb- and georgetown college , -lrb- georgetown , d.c. -rrb- he graduated from st. mary 's college -lrb- baltimore -rrb- in 1813 .
he studied law , was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in damariscotta , maine .
he was a member of the maine house of representatives from 1826 to 1828 , and was secretary of the state senate in 1830 .
kavanagh 's public career began with a plea to the framers of the maine constitution to include an article for official religious toleration .
his first elected role was on the school committee , followed by roles as selectman , state representative , and state senator .
in 1829 the legislature elected him as secretary of state .
kavanagh was elected as a jacksonian to the twenty-second and twenty-third congresses , serving from march 4 , 1831 to march 3 , 1835 .
he was nationally noticed as the first catholic elected from new england .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the twenty-fourth congress , and was appointed chargé d'affaires to portugal on march 3 , 1835 , and served until his resignation in june 1841 .
he was one of the four maine commissioners on the northeastern boundary in 1842 in the negotiations that led to the webster-ashburton treaty , and was a member of the maine senate in 1842 and 1843 and served as the president of the maine senate .
