Anson P. Morrill

Infobox Governor
name = Anson Peaslee Morrill

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order = 24th
office = Governor of Maine
term_start = January 3, 1855
term_end = January 2, 1856
lieutenant =
predecessor = William G. Crosby
successor = Samuel Wells
birth_date = June 10, 1803
birth_place = Belgrade, Maine
death_date = July 4, 1887
death_place = Augusta, Maine
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
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Anson Peaslee Morrill (June 10, 1803ndash July 4, 1887) was an American statesman. Born in 1803 in Belgrade, Maine, originally a storekeeper and millkeeper, he was the Governor of Maine from 1855 to 1856, represented Maine's fourth district in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 and served in the Maine state legislature. He was older brother to Lot M. Morrill, a U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Ulysses S. Grant. He died in 1887 in Augusta, Maine and is buried at the Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

After his term as Governor, Morrill served as president of the Maine Central Railroad 1864-1866 and again 1873-1875.cite web|author=Legg, John F.|date=January 17, 1999|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~ucrs/ucrs/rl/rl471.html|title=Maine Central Railroad Company|accessdate=2005-12-29| ] Following his second term as the railroad's president, he served as vice president for the railroad until his death in 1887.

He is buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. [cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6843281|work=Find A Grave|title=Anson Peaslee Morrill|accessdate=2006-12-23| ]

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