George W. Ladd
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George Washington Ladd was a U.S. Representative
from Maine
.
Born in Augusta, Maine
, Ladd attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary.
He engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine
.
Later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor.
He was also interested in railroad development.
Ladd was elected as a Greenback Party candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He was one of only 13 successful Greenback Party candidates for the 46th Congress, and one of 10 for the 47th. In both congresses he was one of only four Greenback congressmen from the northeast, the party's major strength being in the midwest and south.
Ladd served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
He died in Bangor, Maine
, January 30, 1892.
He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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Born in Augusta, Maine
Augusta, Maine
Augusta is the capital of the US state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine. The city's population was 19,136 at the 2010 census, making it the third-smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont and Pierre, South Dakota...
, Ladd attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary.
He engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
.
Later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor.
He was also interested in railroad development.
Ladd was elected as a Greenback Party candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He was one of only 13 successful Greenback Party candidates for the 46th Congress, and one of 10 for the 47th. In both congresses he was one of only four Greenback congressmen from the northeast, the party's major strength being in the midwest and south.
Ladd served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
He died in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
, January 30, 1892.
He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.