Simon M. Hamlin
Simon Moulton Hamlin (August 10, 1866 – July 27, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Biography
Hamlin was born in Standish (Richville), Cumberland County, Maine, Hamlin attended the public schools, Gorham Normal School, and Bridgton Academy. He taught school and, in 1900, graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He served as superintendent of the South Portland and Cape Elizabeth schools from 1901–1925 and as city clerk of South Portland, Maine in 1913. He engaged in the real estate business at South Portland in 1925. He was also interested in farming. He served as member of the board of registration 1926–1932. He served as mayor in 1933 and 1934.
Hamlin was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937). He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress. He resumed the real estate business and farming in South Portland, Maine, until his death there July 27, 1939. He was interred in Hamlin Cemetery, Standish (Richville), Maine.
References
- Simon M. Hamlin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Simon M. Hamlin at Find a Grave
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st congressional district 1935-1937 |
Succeeded by James C. Oliver |
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- 1866 births
- 1939 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
- Bowdoin College alumni
- American Christian Universalists
- 19th-century Christian Universalists
- 20th-century Christian Universalists
- People from Standish, Maine
- University of Southern Maine alumni
- Mayors of South Portland, Maine
- Maine local politicians
- Businesspeople from Maine
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- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives