Richard H. Vose was an American

United States

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 politician and the 14th Governor of Maine

Governor of Maine

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Early life

Vose was born in Augusta

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...

, Maine

Maine

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, on November 8, 1803 and was graduated from Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

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 in 1822.

Career

Vose served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1824, 1835, 1838 and 1839. He was a member of the Maine State Senate from 1840 to 1841. In 1841 he was president of the senate. John Fairfield, Governor of Maine at the time, resigned on January 12, 1841. As president of the state senate, Vose filled unexpired term. He was the Governor of Maine

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....

 from January 12, 1841 to January 13, 1841. Edward Kent

Edward Kent

Edward Kent was the 12th and 15th Governor of the U.S. state of Maine during the Aroostook War. Born in 1802 in Concord, New Hampshire, he later moved to Bangor, Maine and spent the rest of his life there. He was among the last prominent members of the Whig Party in Maine before it collapsed in...

became the governor on January 13, 1841. He returned to his original position and finished his term.

Sources

• Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBN 0-313-28093-2