Rufus McIntire

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name = Rufus McIntire

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birth_name = Rufus McIntire
birth_date = December 19, 1784
birth_place = York, York County, Maine
death_date = April 28, 1866
death_place = Parsonsfield, Maine
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residence = Parsonsfield, Maine
other_names = Rufus McIntyre
known_for = War of 1812, Congressional Service, Aroostook War
education = Dartmouth College, 1809
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Rufus McIntire (December 19, 1784 – April 28, 1866) was a United States lawyer, captain of artillery in the War of 1812, congressman, land surveyor and prisoner of war.

Biography

Early life

Rufus McIntire was born on December 19, 1784 at York in York County, Maine. He attended South Berwick Academy and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809.

Career

Rufus McIntire was admitted to the York County Bar Association in 1812, but when the war with Great Britain intervened, he was commissioned as a captain of a United States Army artillery company (3rd Regiment) during the War of 1812. He was a voting member in the Brunswick Convention of 1816. In 1820, the year Maine acquired statehood, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. He was appointed as a boundary commissioner in 1826 and served as a United States congressman from 1827 through 1835. He ran for governor of Maine in 1837. He served as the State Land Agent in 1839 and 1840 and was captured by the British during the Aroostook War. He was appointed as United States Marshall for Maine in 1845 by President James K. Polk and was appointed Surveyor of Customs in Portland, Maine by President Franklin Pierce from 1853 through 1857.He died in Parsonsfield, Maine on April 28, 1866 and is buried in Middleroad Cemetery.

Philosophical and/or political views

Rufus McIntire was a Jacksonian Republican.

Marriage and family

Rufus McIntire married Nancy Rolfe Hannaford in 1819. They had eight children, three of whom died in infancy. After Nancy’s death on February 2, 1830, Rufus married her sister, Mary B. Hannaford in 1832. They had two children.

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References

* McIntire, Rufus. "The War of Northern New York : The Observations of Captain Rufus McIntire". Edited by John C. Fredriksen. "New York History", 68 (July 1987), pp. 297-324.

ee also

Aroostook War

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000479 McIntire, Rufus - Biographical Info]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=M000479 McIntire, Rufus - Guide to Research Papers]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#R9M0J62IQ The Political Graveyard - Index to Politicians]
* [http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail?ln=7210&in_size=298 Letter from Gov. Fairfield to Rufus McIntire]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=lgk1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA26&dq=History+of+Parsonsfield+Maine&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0#PPA20-IA2,M1 Lithographic image of Rufus McIntire]

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NAME= Rufus McIntire
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Rufus McIntyre
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DATE OF BIRTH= December 19, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH= York, Maine
DATE OF DEATH= April 28, 1866
PLACE OF DEATH= Parsonsfield, Maine