Edward Kavanagh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Kavanagh

Governor of Maine

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1795

Place of Birth: Newcastle, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1844

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Edward Kavanagh

  • Edward Kavanagh (April 27, 1795 – January 22, 1844) was a United States Representative and the 17th Governor of Maine.
  • Born in Newcastle (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) to Irish Catholic immigrants from County Wexford.
  • He later attended Montreal Seminary (in Quebec, Canada) and Georgetown College in Washington.
  • He graduated from St.
  • Mary's College (Baltimore) in 1813.
  • He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Damariscotta, Maine.
  • He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1826 to 1828, and was secretary of the state senate in 1830.Kavanagh's public career began with a plea to the framers of the Maine Constitution to include an article for official religious toleration.
  • His first elected role was on the school committee, followed by roles as selectman, state representative, and state senator.
  • In 1829 the legislature elected him as secretary of state. Kavanagh was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1835.
  • He was nationally noticed as the first Catholic elected from New England.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal on March 3, 1835, and served until his resignation in June 1841.
  • He was one of the four Maine commissioners on the northeastern boundary in 1842 in the negotiations that led to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, and was a member of the Maine Senate in 1842 and 1843 and served as the president of the Maine Senate.

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