Frederick Augustus Pike (December 9, 1816 – December 2, 1886) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Maine
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.
Biography
Born in
Calais, Massachusetts (now in
Maine
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), Pike attended the common schools and the
Washington Academy,
East Machias, Maine
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Geography
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.
He was graduated from
Bowdoin College
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The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In a ...
,
Brunswick, Maine
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, in 1837.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Calais,
Washington County, Maine
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in 1840. In 1846 he married future American author
Mary Hayden Green, daughter of Elijah Dix Green and Hannah Caflin Hayden.
He served as mayor of Calais in 1852 and 1853.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1858-1860 and served as speaker in 1860.
Pike was elected as a
Republican to the Thirty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1869).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Fortieth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1868.
He resumed the practice of law.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.
He died in
Calais, Maine
Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,079, making Calais the largest municipality by population in Washington County, but the third least-populous city in Maine (after Ha ...
, December 2, 1886.
He was interred in Calais Cemetery.
See also
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List of mayors of Calais, Maine
References
External links
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1816 births
1886 deaths
Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Bowdoin College alumni
Politicians from Calais, Maine
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
Washington Academy alumni
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
19th-century members of the Maine Legislature
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