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Horace Hildreth
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Horace Hildreth

American politician, 59th Governor of Maine (1902–1988)

Horace Augustus Hildreth (December 2, 1902 – June 2, 1988) was an American diplomat, businessman and Republican politician. He served as the Governor of Maine for two two-year terms from 1945 until January 5, 1949, and served as United States Ambassador to Pakistan under president Dwight D. Eisenhower.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Horace Hildreth (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 2, 1902, died Jun 2, 1988.1

About

He also founded the company that became Diversified Communications.

Hildreth was born in Gardiner, Maine, the son of an attorney. Hildreth attended local schools before graduating from Bowdoin College in the class of 1925 and receiving his LL.B. from Harvard University in 1928.

In Boston he joined the prestigious law firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge and Rugg before returning to Maine with the desire for a political career. Elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1940 and the Maine Senate in 1942, he served as 109th President of the Maine Senate for the 1943–1944 term.

He won the Republican gubernatorial primary in 1944 and was elected the 59th governor of Maine by a landslide margin. Reelected in 1946 by another large margin, he was a supporter of the University of Maine and education for veterans.

From Wikipedia’s article on Horace Hildreth, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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