In 1854, Blake ran for U.S. Congress and lost to Israel Washburn of the newly formed Republican Party over the issue of the extension of slavery into the U.S. territories. With the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Blake and many other Democrats joined the Republicans to support the preservation of the Union.[2]
Later, upon the death of his brother, Blake managed the Merchants National Bank of Bangor.[2] At the time of his death from pneumonia in Boston in 1887, Blake was described by the Boston Evening Transcript as one of Bowdoin's oldest living graduates, a leading member of the Penobscot County, Maine bar and one of Maine's wealthiest and best known residents.[3]
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^History of Penobscot County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Williams, Chase & Company. 1882. pp. 76–.
^ ab"Maine Memory Network - Samuel H. Blake, Bangor, 1842". Retrieved 1 August 2013.
samuel, blake, canadian, lawyer, judge, samuel, hume, blake, samuel, harwood, blake, 1807, april, 1887, american, politician, businessperson, from, maine, blake, native, hartford, maine, graduated, from, bowdoin, college, democrat, settled, bangor, maine, 1831. For the Canadian lawyer and judge see Samuel Hume Blake Samuel Harwood Blake 1807 April 1887 was an American politician and businessperson from Maine Blake was a native of Hartford Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College A Democrat he settled in Bangor Maine in 1831 and nine years later was elected to the Maine Senate He was re elected in 1842 and served as President of the Maine Senate during that year He was elected Maine Attorney General in 1848 by the Maine Legislature 1 In 1854 Blake ran for U S Congress and lost to Israel Washburn of the newly formed Republican Party over the issue of the extension of slavery into the U S territories With the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 Blake and many other Democrats joined the Republicans to support the preservation of the Union 2 Later upon the death of his brother Blake managed the Merchants National Bank of Bangor 2 At the time of his death from pneumonia in Boston in 1887 Blake was described by the Boston Evening Transcript as one of Bowdoin s oldest living graduates a leading member of the Penobscot County Maine bar and one of Maine s wealthiest and best known residents 3 References edit History of Penobscot County Maine With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Williams Chase amp Company 1882 pp 76 a b Maine Memory Network Samuel H Blake Bangor 1842 Retrieved 1 August 2013 Recent deaths Boston Evening Transcript April 26 1887 p 1 Retrieved 1 August 2013 Legal offices Preceded byWyman B S Moor Maine Attorney General1848 Succeeded byHenry Tallman nbsp This article about a Maine politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Blake amp oldid 1202183076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
