US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1820. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, Member of the Maine State Legislature, and United States Senator from Maine from 1820 to 1827.
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1820. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, Member of the Maine State Legislature, and United States Senator from Maine from 1820 to 1827.
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In memory of
JOHN HOLMES,
Born in Kingston, Mass.
March 28, 1773.
Died in Portland, Maine.
July 7, 1843.
Forty years a resident of Alfred.
A Representative in Congress,
from Massachusetts.
Chairman of the Committee,
which drafted the Constitution
of Maine and one of its first
United States Senators.
And to add greater honors to his age, Than
man could give him, he died fearing God.
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Interred Eastern Cemetery
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