Samuel Wells

Samuel Wells ( born August 15, 1801 in Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire; † July 15, 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician and from 1856 to 1857 governor of Maine.

Early years and career

Samuel Wells attended the local schools of his home. After a later studied law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession. Between 1847 and 1854 he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Maine.

Governor of Maine

In 1855, Samuel Wells was nominated as the candidate of the Democratic Party for the upcoming gubernatorial election. After he had missed an absolute majority in the elections, he was the country's parliament in which his party had the majority, appointed as the new governor. In his one-year tenure, adopted in 1851, strict alcohol prohibition was repealed in Maine and replaced by a more liberal law. Now the sale of alcohol in Maine was allowed again. However, there were limitations to which the seller had to keep.

Further CV

After an attempt at re-election had failed in 1856 to Wells retired from politics. Later he moved to Boston, where he worked as a lawyer. Samuel Wells died in July 1868.

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