Enoch
Lincoln (1788-1829)
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Birthplace
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Worcester, Mass. |
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Occupation
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Lawyer |
| Congressional
Service |
House 1818-21 (R-Mass.), 1821-26 (R,
NR?-Maine) |
Newspapers
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Worcester
National Aegis, ca. 1807-1811 (uncredited) |
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Federal
appointments
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District
Attorney, Salem, Mass. area, 1815-18 |
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Other offices
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Governor
of Maine, 1827-29 |
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Notes
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Harvard
graduate, class of 1807 |
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Namesake
for town
of Lincoln, Maine |
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Son
of Republican congressman, U.S. attorney general, and newspaper
enthusiast Levi
Lincoln (1749-1820), who helped found the National Aegis |
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Brother
of Levi
Lincoln (1782-1868), Whig congressman, Mass. governor, and
another Aegis editor |
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Author
of book-length poem The
Village, making him "Maine's first poet,"
according to local histories |
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