| |  | Angus S. King, Jr. (born March 31, 1944) served two terms as an Independent Governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003. After leaving office, he became a... |  | William Allen (1784-1868) was an evangelical Congregationalist. He was born at Pittsfield, Mass., graduated at Harvard in 1802 and after a few... |  | Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach... |  | Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888-December 25, 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, was solidly conservative,... |  | Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (September 8 1828 - February 24 1914) was a college professor from Maine who volunteered to join the Union Army without... |  | Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803-October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated... |  | Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was an American geologist and mineralogist, born in Rowley, Massachusetts. He was identified with the early... |  | James Bowdoin III was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated... |  | Jonathan Cilley (July 2, 1802 - February 24, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the... |  | Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.) is the founder of Netflix. He is currently Netflix's chief executive officer, president and chairman of... | |
