Oliver B. Clason
Oliver B. Clason | |
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Frontispiece of 1892's Stephen Clason of Stamford, Connecticut, in 1654 and Some of His Descendants | |
| 66th President of the Maine Senate | |
| In office January 4, 1899 – January 2, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Albert R. Day |
| Succeeded by | Hannibal E. Hamlin |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 7th district | |
| In office January 6, 1897 – January 2, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Elliott Wood |
| Succeeded by | Caleb C. Libby |
| Constituency | Kennebec County |
| Member of the Executive Council of Maine from the 4th district | |
| In office January 1895 – January 2, 1897 | |
| Governor | Henry B. Cleaves |
| Preceded by | Edwin O. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Fritz H. Twitchell |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives from Gardiner | |
| In office January 2, 1889 – January 4, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Gustavus Moore |
| Succeeded by | Van R. Beedle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oliver Barrett Clason September 28, 1850 Gardiner, Maine, US |
| Died | December 10, 1930 (aged 80) Gardiner, Maine, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Bates College |
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Oliver Barrett Clason (September 28, 1850- December 10, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine.[1]
Clason grew up in Gardiner, Maine and graduated from Bates College in 1877. He taught for several years and then studied law and passed the bar in October 1881. He later partnered with future Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, fellow Senate President, and Bates alumnus Albert Spear.
He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1889 to 1892, as mayor of Gardiner from 1894 to 1896, and in the Maine Senate in 1897 and 1899. During his second term, he was elected President of the Maine Senate.[2]
References
- ^ Oliver B. Clason, Gardiner, ca. 1899 Maine Historical Society (Maine Memory Network)
- ^ Mundy, James H., Presidents of the Senate of Maine, Secretary of the Senate of Maine, 1979