- Robert Haskell
Robert N. Haskell (born
August 24 ,1903 ,Bangor, Maine ; diedDecember 3 ,1987 , Bangor) was aMaine state senator andGovernor of Maine for five days in 1959.Haskell graduated from the
University of Maine with an engineering degree in 1925. He became a design engineer with the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, and rose to president of the company in 1958. He was elected as a Republican to theMaine House of Representatives in 1945. After serving one term, he was elected to theMaine Senate in 1947, and served five terms, including two as majority leader and two as president of the Senate. He was nicknamed "Slide Rule Bob" for his mathematical abilities.On January 2, 1959, outgoing Governor
Edmund Muskie resigned before the end of his term to take his seat in theUnited States Senate . Haskell was sworn in as Governor to fill the five-day period until the inauguration ofClinton Clauson . Haskell then left politics, but continued to lead the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, as well as serving as a bank board chairman and a trustee of the University of Maine.External links
* [http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/history/past/prespast/1955rh.htm Maine Senate profile]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=12fcf441ae476010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association profile]
* [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/insight/stories/061022blainehouse.html James V. Horrigan, "Passing the Blaine House baton",]Portland Press Herald , Oct. 22, 2006
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