Lorenzo Sabine

Lorenzo Sabine (February 28, 1803 - April 14, 1877) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in New Concord (now Lisbon), New Hampshire, Sabine moved to Boston, Massachusetts, with his parents in 1811 and to Hampden, Maine, in 1814.He completed preparatory studies. At the age of eighteen moved to Eastport, Maine, and became employed as a clerk and afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits.He was editor of the Eastport Sentinel. Founder of the Eastport Lyceum. Incorporator of Eastport Academy and Eastport Athenaeum.He served as member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1833 and 1834. Deputy collector of customs at Eastport 1841-1843.He moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1848, having been appointed trial justice.

Sabine was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Thompson and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853.He was not a candidate for the Thirty-third Congress.He moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts, having been appointed secretary of the Boston Board of Trade.He also served as special agent of the United States Treasury Department.He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 14, 1877.He was interred in Hillside Cemetery, Eastport, Maine.

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