Luther Severance

Luther Severance ( born October 26, 1797 in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, † January 25, 1855 in Augusta, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1799, Luther Severance moved with his parents to Cazenovia, New York. There he attended the public schools. He then completed in Peterboro (New York) an apprenticeship in the printing trade. After THE RESIDENCE to Augusta ( Maine) he founded in 1825 the newspaper " Kennebec Journal".

In his new home Severance also began a political career. Between 1829 and 1848 he was several times delegate in the House of Representatives from Maine. In the years 1835 and 1836 he sat in the state Senate. Severance was a member of the Whig party, and was in 1842 as the candidate for the third constituency of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1843 the successor of Benjamin Randall. After a re-election in 1844 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1847 two legislative sessions. Until 1845 he lived in Congress the conflict between his party and President John Tyler. The question of a possible connection of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 has been hotly debated. Furthermore, it came under the incumbent since 1845 President James K. Polk to the Mexican-American War.

In 1848, Luther Severance served as Vice President of the Whig National Convention in Philadelphia, was nominated to the Zachary Taylor as a presidential candidate; 1850-1854 he was an American envoy to the Sandwich Islands. He died on January 25, 1855 in Augusta, and was also buried there.