David Dunn (Maine politician)

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David Dunn
Dunn in 1846

18th Governor of Maine
In office January 1, 1844 – January 3, 1844
Preceded by	Edward Kavanagh
Succeeded by	Hugh J. Anderson
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1840–1844

Personal details
Born	(1811-01-17)January 17, 1811 Cornish, Massachusetts (now Maine)
Died	February 17, 1894(1894-02-17) (aged 83) Mechanic Falls, Maine
Political party	Democratic

David Dunn (January 17, 1811 – February 17, 1894) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer. He acted as the 18th Governor of Maine for three days in 1844.

Biography

David Dunn was born in Cornish (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) on January 17, 1811.

Dunn studied law under then future Governor, "Squire" John Fairfield, of Saco. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and shortly thereafter opened up a practice at Poland Corner.

He represented the town of Poland in the Maine House of Representatives from 1840 to 1844 and was Speaker in 1843 and 1844. In that capacity Dunn served for three days as acting Governor in 1844 when President of the Senate, Edward Kavanagh, resigned as acting Governor.

The game of political musical chairs continued with Dunn resigning and the new President of the Senate, John W. Dana, acting as Governor until newly elected Hugh J. Anderson was sworn in.

In 1845 Dunn was elected to the Maine Senate and served as its President following the resignation of Stephen Chase of Fryeburg in 1846.

Dunn was rewarded for his tenacity by the Buchanan administration which appointed him to a Clerkship in the Post Office in Washington, D.C., which he held from 1857 to 1861.

Following his return to Maine he practiced law in Mechanic Falls. He died on February 17, 1894, at the age of eighty-three.

References

Past Presidents - David Dunn Democrat 1846. Maine Senate. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.

Political offices
Preceded byEdward Kavanagh	Governor of Maine 1844	Succeeded byHugh J. Anderson
Preceded byCharles Andrews	Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives 1843-1844	Succeeded byMoses Macdonald

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Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives

v t e Presidents of the Maine Senate
Chandler Moody W. Williamson Rose Ames Wheeler Dunlap N. Cutler Hall Dunlap Smith J. Williamson Pierce Talbot Littlefield Prince S. Foster Vose Blake Kavanagh Parris Dana Townsend Chase Dunn Hodgdon Ayer Tripp P. Foster Butman Moore Muzzy Morrill Williams Chapman Scamman Goddard Marshall Goodenow Farwell Barrows Stewart W. Virgin Burpee Crosby Lindsey Bolster Buffum R. Foster J. Foster Butler Webb Hyde Vinton Haynes Locke J. Cutler Pennell Marble Lord Libby Spear Seiders Day Clason Hamlin H. Virgin Goodwin Allen Deasy Clifford Milliken Hersey Bailey Higgins Baxter Gurney Farrington Buzzell Holley Morrison Martin Murchie Weeks Burns S. Sewall Tompkins Friend Hildreth Varney Cross N. Haskell Ward R. Haskell J. Reed Hillman Marden C. Reed Jr. Campbell MacLeod J. Sewall Conley Pray Dutremble Butland Lawrence Michaud Bennett Daggett Edmonds Mitchell Raye Alfond Thibodeau Jackson Daughtry

Presidents of the Maine Senate

v t e Governors of Maine
W. King Williamson Ames Rose Parris Lincoln Cutler Hall Hunton Smith Dunlap Kent Fairfield Vose Kent Fairfield Kavanagh Dunn Anderson Dana Hubbard Crosby A. Morrill Wells Hamlin Williams L. Morrill Washburn Coburn Cony Chamberlain Perham Dingley Connor Garcelon Davis H. Plaisted Robie Bodwell Marble Burleigh Cleaves Powers Hill Cobb Fernald F. Plaisted Haines O. Curtis Milliken Parkhurst Baxter Brewster Gardiner Brann Barrows Sewall Hildreth Payne Cross N. Haskell Cross Muskie R. Haskell Clauson Reed K. Curtis Longley Brennan McKernan A. King Baldacci LePage Mills

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