| 词条 | Luther Severance |
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Luther Severance (October 26, 1797 – January 25, 1855) was a United States Representative and diplomat from Maine. LifeHe was born in Montague, Massachusetts on October 26, 1797. He moved with his parents to Cazenovia, New York in 1799. He attended the common schools, and learned the printer's trade in Peterboro, New York.[1] He established the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine in 1825. He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and served in the Maine State Senate. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses in the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1843–March 3, 1847).[1] He was vice president of the Whig National Convention in 1848. He served as United States commissioner (diplomatic rank similar to that of Ambassador) to the Kingdom of Hawaii 1850 through the end of 1853.[2] He died in Augusta, Maine on January 25, 1855. His interment was in Forest Grove Cemetery. FamilySeverance married Anna Hamlin (May 31, 1801 – April 2, 1887), daughter of Theophilus and Sarah Rockwood Hamlin, on October 12, 1827. They had three children:[3][4]
References1. ^1 {{CongBio|S000255|inline=yes}} 2. ^{{cite book |title= Imperial Maine and Hawai'i: interpretive essays in the history of nineteenth-century American expansion |author= Paul T. Burlin |publisher= Lexington Books |year= 2006 |pages= 95–134 |chapter= Chapter 5: Luther Severance: Whig Ideologue as Diplomat |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gU5jh-Ew0HgC&lpg=PA95&pg=PA95 |isbn= 978-0-7391-1466-7 }} 3. ^{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Pam|title=Handwritten Record of Family of Theophilus Hamlin of Augusta, Maine|work=Heirlooms Reunited|date=August 31, 2010|url=http://www.heirloomsreunited.com/2010/08/handwritten-record-of-family-of.html|accessdate=August 20, 2018}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=The History of Augusta, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXuB72zLFUMC&pg=PA932|year=1870|publisher=Clapp and North|pages=932–933}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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