Simon Moulton Hamlin (August 10, 1866 – July 27, 1939) was an American educator, businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from

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for one term from 1935 to 1937.

Early life and career

Hamlin was born in Standish (Richville),

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, Hamlin attended the public schools, Gorham Normal School, and

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. He taught school and, in 1900, graduated from

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. He served as superintendent of the South Portland and

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schools from 1901 to 1925 and as city clerk of

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in 1913. He engaged in the real estate business at South Portland in 1925. He was also interested in farming. He served as member of the board of registration 1926–1932. He served as mayor in 1933 and 1934.

Congress

Hamlin was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937). He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the real estate business and farming in

, until his death there July 27, 1939. He was interred in Hamlin Cemetery, Standish (Richville), Maine.

References

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