Joshua Herrick

Joshua Herrick (March 18, 1793 - August 30, 1874) was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts where he attended the common schools. He moved to the district of Maine in 1811 and engaged in the lumber business and served in the War of 1812. Later, he moved to Brunswick, Maine, and became connected with the first cotton factory of Maine.

Herrick was a deputy sheriff of Cumberland County, Maine for many years as well as a deputy collector and inspector of customs at Kennebunkport, Maine, 1829-1841. He served as town clerk of Kennebunkport 1832-1842 and also as a selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor of Kennebunkport 1839-1842. He was county commissioner of York County, Maine in 1842 and 1843.

Herrick was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress. After leaving Congress, he was again the deputy collector at Kennebunkport 1847-1849. He also served as register of probate of York County 1849-1855. Herrick died in Alfred, Maine in 1874 and was buried in Village Cemetery, Kennebunkport, Maine.

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