Frederic H. Parkhurst
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Frederic Hale Parkhurst is a former Maine
Republican
politician.
Parkhurst ran for governor in 1920 and won the general election with 65% of the Maine citizens votes. He took office as Maine's 52nd Governor
on January 5, 1921, collapsed on his first day of office, and died shortly thereafter of pneumonia on January 31, 1921. His 26 days as Governor make his term one of the shortest in Maine history; the record belongs to Nathaniel Haskell, who served but one day in 1953.
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...
Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
politician.
Parkhurst ran for governor in 1920 and won the general election with 65% of the Maine citizens votes. He took office as Maine's 52nd Governor
Governor of Maine
The governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive....
on January 5, 1921, collapsed on his first day of office, and died shortly thereafter of pneumonia on January 31, 1921. His 26 days as Governor make his term one of the shortest in Maine history; the record belongs to Nathaniel Haskell, who served but one day in 1953.