Nehemiah Abbott

Republican Representative of Maine's 3rd district

  • Representative

    Maine, district 3

    December 7, 1857 - March 3, 1859

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

March 29, 1804 (73 years old)

Birthday

July 26, 1877

Death

  • Initially a Democrat, switched to Republican with the party’s founding in the mid-1850s
  • Served in the Maine House of Representatives during the periods 1842–1844 and 1845–1846
  • Represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859
  • Served as the mayor of Belfast, Maine, from 1865 to 1866
  • Supported the Union during the American Civil War
  • Attended Litchfield Law School, became an attorney in 1836, and practiced law in both Maine and Mississippi
  • Married Caroline Williams Belcher in 1836 and had six children
  • Died in Belfast, Maine, in 1877 and was buried at Grove Cemetery in Belfast