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Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, served as the 54th Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941
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Jun 24, 2024 · So, too, was he oftentimes brushed by scandal. A highly conservative Republican, Owen Brewster was never a favorite of the news media. One correspondent for the most widely read news magazine of the day, TIME, described Brewster as the “toothy, slack jawed” representative from Maine.
Aug 10, 2017 · Senator Owen Brewster, Republican of Maine, called on President Truman to relinquish his sole authority over atomic weaponry so that Gen. Douglas MacArthur, as commander of the United Nations...
Owen Brewster was born in Penobscot County, Maine, on 22nd February, 1888. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, in 1909, and from the law department of Harvard University in 1913. He was admitted to the bar and worked as a lawyer in Portland, Maine.
Jul 27, 2020 · In 1924 Ralph Owen Brewster was elected governor of Maine, despite a widely held conviction that he was the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan. This hotly contested election provides insight into the Klan’s role in Maine
RALPH O. BREWSTER, the fifty-fourth governor of Maine, was born in Dexter, Maine on February 22, 1888. His education was attained at Bowdoin College, where he graduated in 1909, and at Harvard University, where he earned his law degree in 1913.
