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|birth_date= April 5, 1874 |
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|birth_place= [[Old Town, Maine]] |
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|spouse= Leila M. McDonald |
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|profession= [[Lawyer|Attorney]] |
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'''Taber Davis Bailey''' (April 5, |
'''Taber Davis Bailey''' (April 5, 1874 – January 17, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician from [[Maine]]. Bailey, a [[Maine Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Bangor, Maine]], represented [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot County]] in the [[Maine Senate]] for three non-consecutive terms between 1912 and 1924.<ref name="ReferenceLibrary">{{cite web|url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|title=Legislators Biographical Search|publisher=Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> |
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Bailey was born on April 5, 1874 in [[Old Town, Maine]]. His father, Charles Bailey was a prominent attorney in Penobscot County and was elected to the [[Maine House of Representatives]] in 1870. Taber Bailey grew up in Bangor and graduated from [[Bangor High School]] in 1892. He then attended [[Bowdoin College]], from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896. After graduating from Bowdoin, Bailey began studying law in the Bangor law firm of [[Daniel F. Davis]] and his father, Charles A. Bailey. Two years later he was admitted to practice law in Maine courts.<ref name="Hatch1919">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Louis Clinton|title=Maine: A History|url=https://archive.org/details/mainehistory04hatc|accessdate=21 December 2014|year=1919|publisher=American historical society|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mainehistory04hatc/page/207 207]–}}</ref><ref name="Houlton">"Hon. Taber D. Bailey Candidate for Governor", ''Houlton Times'' (August 13, 1919), p. 3.</ref> |
Bailey was born on April 5, 1874, in [[Old Town, Maine]]. His father, Charles Bailey was a prominent attorney in Penobscot County and was elected to the [[Maine House of Representatives]] in 1870. Taber Bailey grew up in Bangor and graduated from [[Bangor High School]] in 1892. He then attended [[Bowdoin College]], from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896. After graduating from Bowdoin, Bailey began studying law in the Bangor law firm of [[Daniel F. Davis]] and his father, Charles A. Bailey. Two years later he was admitted to practice law in Maine courts.<ref name="Hatch1919">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Louis Clinton|title=Maine: A History|url=https://archive.org/details/mainehistory04hatc|accessdate=21 December 2014|year=1919|publisher=American historical society|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mainehistory04hatc/page/207 207]–}}</ref><ref name="Houlton">"Hon. Taber D. Bailey Candidate for Governor", ''Houlton Times'' (August 13, 1919), p. 3.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 15 December 2024
Taber Davis Bailey | |
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| Member of the Maine Senate from the Penobscot County district | |
| In office 1912–1914 | |
| In office 1916–1918 | |
| In office 1922–1924 | |
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| Born | April 5, 1874 Old Town, Maine |
| Died | January 17, 1938 Bangor, Maine |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Leila M. McDonald |
| Profession | Attorney |
Taber Davis Bailey (April 5, 1874 – January 17, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. Bailey, a Republican from Bangor, Maine, represented Penobscot County in the Maine Senate for three non-consecutive terms between 1912 and 1924.[1]
Bailey was born on April 5, 1874, in Old Town, Maine. His father, Charles Bailey was a prominent attorney in Penobscot County and was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1870. Taber Bailey grew up in Bangor and graduated from Bangor High School in 1892. He then attended Bowdoin College, from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896. After graduating from Bowdoin, Bailey began studying law in the Bangor law firm of Daniel F. Davis and his father, Charles A. Bailey. Two years later he was admitted to practice law in Maine courts.[2][3]
Political experience
[edit]Bailey was first elected to the Bangor City Council at the age of 23 in 1897. He served on the City Council until 1900. A year later, he was elected President of the Bangor Common Council. In 1902 and 1903, Bailey served as Bangor City Solicitor.[2] In 1912, Bailey was elected to his first term in the Maine Senate. He left the Senate again until his election in 1916, after which he was chosen as President of the Maine Senate by his colleagues.[1] In 1919, he launched an unsuccessful bid for the office of Governor of Maine.[3] He was again elected to the Senate in 1922, to his third and ultimately final term.[1]
He died in Bangor in 1938.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ a b Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History. American historical society. pp. 207–. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Hon. Taber D. Bailey Candidate for Governor", Houlton Times (August 13, 1919), p. 3.
- ^ James Terry White, National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 27 (1939), p. 360.