Enoch Lincoln

American politician (1788–1829)

Enoch Lincoln

6th Governor of Maine
In office
January 3, 1827 – October 8, 1829
Preceded by| Albion Parris
Succeeded by| Nathan Cutler
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
In office
November 4, 1818 – January 1826
Preceded by| Albion Parris
Succeeded by| James W. Ripley
Constituency| Massachusetts 20th
(1818–21)[1]
Maine 7th (1821–23)
Maine 5th (1823–26)
Personal details
Born| (1788-12-28)December 28, 1788
Worcester, Massachusetts
Died| October 8, 1829(1829-10-08) (aged 40)
Augusta, Maine
Political party| Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Alma mater| Harvard College
Profession| Lawyer

Enoch Lincoln (December 28, 1788 – October 8, 1829) was an American politician, serving as U.S. Representative from, successively, Massachusetts and from Maine. He was the son of Levi Lincoln Sr. and his wife, and the younger brother of Levi Lincoln Jr. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lincoln graduated from Harvard College in 1807. He was elected and served as the sixth governor of Maine from 1827 until his death in October 1829.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and started his practice in Salem in 1811. He served as United States district attorney 1815–1818, and in 1819 moved to Paris, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), and continued the practice of law.

In November 1818, Lincoln was elected as a Democratic-Republican-MA, representing the Maine district, to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albion K. Parris. He was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served in total from November 4, 1818, to March 3, 1821.

Lincoln was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1819.[2] A portion of his business and personal papers resides in the manuscript collections of the AAS within the Lincoln Family Papers.

Upon the admission of Maine as a state, Lincoln was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Maine to the Seventeenth Congress. He was reelected to the Eighteenth Congress, but as an Adams-Clay Republican. Finally he was elected as a Pro-Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821, until his resignation some time in 1826. He served as Governor of Maine from 1827 until his death. He won three terms, all with more than 90% of the vote.[3] He did not run for a fourth term.

Lincoln died in Augusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, before his term expired, and after the election of his successor Jonathan G. Hunton. Two Presidents of the Maine Senate, Nathan Cutler and Joshua Hall, had to serve as lame-duck successors between the two men. Lincoln was interred in a mausoleum in Capitol Park, directly opposite the Maine State House. Lincoln's body is missing with no official explanation available.[4]

The town of Lincoln, Maine, is named for him.

Lincoln was distantly related to President Abraham Lincoln, sharing common ancestor Samuel Lincoln, who had settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in the 17th century.[5]

## External links

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* The Lincoln Family Papers, the American Antiquarian Society

## References

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* United States Congress. "Enoch Lincoln (id: L000314)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1. ^ This district was moved to Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
2. ^ "MemberListL". americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
3. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Enoch Lincoln". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
4. ^ Richmond Times-Dispatch 15 Aug 1999, Sun ·Page 84
5. ^ Lea et al, p. 136.

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Preceded by

Albion K. Parris

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 20th congressional district
November 4, 1818 – March 3, 1821  | Succeeded by

District moved to Maine

Preceded by

District moved from Massachusetts

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 7th congressional district
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823  | Succeeded by

David Kidder

Preceded by

Ebenezer Herrick

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 5th congressional district
March 4, 1823 – 1826  | Succeeded by

James W. Ripley

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Preceded by

Albion Parris

|  6th Governor of Maine
January 3, 1827 – October 8, 1829  | Succeeded by

Nathan Cutler

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* Williamson
* Ames
* Rose
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* Lincoln
* Cutler
* Hall
* Hunton
* Smith
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* Kavanagh
* Dunn
* Anderson
* Dana
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* F. Plaisted
* Haines
* O. Curtis
* Milliken
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* Brewster
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* Sewall
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* Cross
* N. Haskell
* Cross
* Muskie
* R. Haskell
* Clauson
* Reed
* K. Curtis
* Longley
* Brennan
* McKernan
* A. King
* Baldacci
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

1st district|

* F. Ames
* Dexter
* Goodhue
* Holten
* Sedgwick
* Skinner
* Sedgwick
* J. Bacon
* Eustis
* Quincy
* Ward Jr.
* Mason
* Gorham
* Webster
* Gorham
* N. Appleton
* Gorham
* A. Lawrence
* Fletcher
* A. Lawrence
* Winthrop
* N. Appleton
* Winthrop
* S. Eliot
* W. Appleton
* Scudder
* T. D. Eliot
* Hall
* T. D. Eliot
* Buffington
* Crapo
* R. Davis
* Randall
* Wright
* G. Lawrence
* Treadway
* Heselton
* Conte
* Olver
* Neal

2nd district|

* Goodhue
* Foster
* W. Lyman
* Sedgwick
* Ward Sr.
* W. Lyman
* Shepard
* J. Crowninshield
* Story
* Pickman
* W. Reed
* Pickering
* Silsbee
* Barstow
* B. Crowninshield
* Choate
* Phillips
* Saltonstall
* D. King
* Rantoul
* Fay
* Crocker
* Buffington
* O. Ames
* Harris
* Long
* E. Morse
* Gillett
* Churchill
* Bowles
* Kaynor
* Granfield
* Clason
* Furcolo
* Boland
* Neal
* McGovern

3rd district|

* Gerry
* Bourne
* Coffin
* S. Lyman
* Mattoon
* Cutler
* Nelson
* Livermore
* White
* Pickering
* Nelson
* Varnum
* Nelson
* Osgood
* Cushing
* A. Abbott
* Duncan
* Edmands
* Damrell
* C. Adams
* Thomas
* A. Rice
* Twichell
* Whiting I
* Pierce
* Field
* B. Dean
* Field
* Ranney
* L. Morse
* J. Andrew
* Walker
* J. R. Thayer
* R. Hoar
* C. Washburn
* J. A. Thayer
* Wilder
* Paige
* F. Foss
* Casey
* Philbin
* Drinan
* Donohue
* Early
* Blute
* McGovern
* N. Tsongas
* Trahan

4th district|

* Sedgwick
* Dearborn
* G. Thatcher
* Wadsworth
* Foster
* L. Lincoln Sr.
* Hastings
* Varnum
* W. Richardson
* Dana
* Stearns
* Fuller
* E. Everett
* Sa. Hoar
* Parmenter
* Thompson
* Palfrey
* Thompson
* Sabine
* Walley
* Comins
* A. Rice
* Hooper
* Frost
* J. Abbott
* L. Morse
* Collins
* O'Neil
* Apsley
* Weymouth
* Tirrell
* Mitchell
* Wilder
* Winslow
* Stobbs
* P. Holmes
* Donohue
* Drinan
* Frank
* Kennedy III
* Auchincloss

5th district|

* Partridge
* Bourne
* Freeman
* L. Williams
* T. Dwight
* Ely
* Mills
* Lathrop
* Sibley
* J. Davis
* L. Lincoln Jr.
* Hudson
* C. Allen
* W. Appleton
* Burlingame
* W. Appleton
* Hooper
* Alley
* Butler
* Gooch
* Banks
* Bowman
* L. Morse
* Hayden
* Banks
* Sh. Hoar
* Stevens
* Knox
* B. Ames
* J. Rogers
* E. Rogers
* B. Morse
* Cronin
* P. Tsongas
* Shannon
* Atkins
* Meehan
* N. Tsongas
* Markey
* Clark

6th district|

* G. Thatcher
* Leonard
* J. Reed Sr.
* J. Smith
* Taggart
* S. Allen
* Locke
* Kendall
* Grennell
* Alvord
* Baker
* Ashmun
* G. Davis
* Upham
* T. Davis
* Alley
* Gooch
* Banks
* Butler
* Thompson
* Loring
* Stone
* Lovering
* Lodge
* Cogswell
* Moody
* Gardner
* Lufkin
* A.P. Andrew
* G. Bates
* W. Bates
* Harrington
* Mavroules
* Torkildsen
* Tierney
* Moulton

7th district|

* Leonard
* Ward Sr.
* Leonard
* Bullock
* Bishop
* Mitchell
* Barker
* Baylies
* Turner
* Baylies
* Hulbert
* Shaw
* H. Dwight
* S. Allen
* Grennell
* Briggs
* J. Rockwell
* Goodrich
* Banks
* Gooch
* Boutwell
* Brooks
* Esty
* E. Hoar
* Tarbox
* Butler
* W. Russell
* Stone
* Cogswell
* W. Everett
* Barrett
* Roberts
* Phelan
* Maloney
* W. Connery
* L. Connery
* Lane
* Macdonald
* Markey
* Capuano
* Pressley

8th district|

* Grout
* G. Thatcher
* F. Ames
* Otis
* Eustis
* L. Williams
* Green
* Gardner
* Green
* J. Reed Jr.
* Baylies
* Sampson
* Hobart
* Lathrop
* Bates
* Calhoun
* J. Adams
* Mann
* Wentworth
* Knapp
* Train
* Baldwin
* G. Hoar
* J. M. S. Williams
* Warren
* Claflin
* Candler
* W Russell
* C. H. Allen
* Greenhalge
* Stevens
* McCall
* Deitrick
* Dallinger
* H. Thayer
* Dallinger
* Healey
* Goodwin
* Macdonald
* O'Neill
* Kennedy II
* Capuano
* Lynch

9th district|

* Varnum
* Bishop
* J. Dean
* Wheaton
* J. Reed Jr.
* Folger
* J. Reed Jr.
* H. Dwight
* Briggs
* Jackson
* Hastings
* H. Williams
* Hale
* Fowler
* Little
* De Witt
* E. Thayer
* Bailey
* A. Walker
* W. Washburn
* Crocker
* G. Hoar
* W. Rice
* T. Lyman
* Ely
* Burnett
* Candler
* G. Williams
* O'Neil
* Fitzgerald
* Conry
* Keliher
* Murray
* Roberts
* Fuller
* Underhill
* Luce
* R. Russell
* Luce
* T. H. Eliot
* Gifford
* Nicholson
* Keith
* McCormack
* Hicks
* Moakley
* Lynch
* Keating

10th district|

* Goodhue
* Sewall
* Read
* Hastings
* Upham
* J. Allen
* Brigham
* Wheaton
* Morton
* F Baylies
* Bailey
* H. A. S. Dearborn
* W. Baylies
* Borden
* H. Williams
* Borden
* Burnell
* Grinnell
* Scudder
* Dickinson
* Chaffee
* Delano
* Dawes
* Crocker
* Stevens
* Seelye
* Norcross
* W. Rice
* J. E. Russell
* J. Walker
* McEttrick
* Atwood
* Barrows
* Naphen
* McNary
* O'Connell
* Curley
* Murray
* Tague
* Fitzgerald
* Tague
* Douglass
* Tinkham
* Herter
* Curtis
* Martin
* Heckler
* Studds
* Delahunt
* Keating

11th district|

* Bradbury
* Bartlett
* Cutler
* Stedman
* A. Bigelow
* Brigham
* B. Adams
* J. Russell
* Hobart
* J. Richardson
* J. Adams
* J. Reed Jr.
* Burnell
* Goodrich
* Trafton
* Dawes
* Chapin
* Robinson
* Whiting II
* Wallace
* Coolidge
* Draper
* Sprague
* Powers
* Sullivan
* Peters
* Tinkham
* Douglass
* Higgins
* Flaherty
* Curley
* Kennedy
* O'Neill
* Burke
* Donnelly

12th district|

* H. Dearborn
* I. Parker
* Lee
* S. Thatcher
* Skinner
* Larned
* Bidwell
* Bacon
* Dewey
* Hulbert
* Strong
* Kendall
* L. Bigelow
* Baylies
* Hodges
* J. Adams
* Robinson
* F. Rockwell
* Crosby
* E. Morse
* Lovering
* Powers
* Weeks
* Curley
* Gallivan
* McCormack
* Keith
* Studds

13th district|

* Wadsworth
* Seaver
* Ruggles
* Dowse
* Eustis
* J. Reed Jr.
* Randall
* Simpkins
* Greene
* Weeks
* Mitchell
* Carter
* Luce
* Wigglesworth
* Burke

14th district|

* G. Thatcher
* Cutts
* C. King
* J. Holmes
* Lovering
* E. Foss
* Harris
* Gilmore
* Olney
* Frothingham
* Wigglesworth
* Martin

15th district|

* Wadsworth
* Ilsley
* Whitman
* Widgery
* Bradbury
* Whitman
* Greene
* Leach
* Martin
* Gifford

16th district|

* S. Thatcher
* Cook
* Tallman
* S. Davis
* Brown
* Orr
* Hill
* Thacher
* Walsh
* Gifford

17th district|

* Bruce
* Chandler
* Gannett
* F. Carr
* Wood
* J. Carr
* Wilson

* Kinsley

18th district|

* Wilson
* T. Rice
* J. Parker

19th district|

* J. Parker
* Conner
* Gage
* Cushman

20th district|

* Hubbard
* Parris
* E. Lincoln

At-large|

* Cobb

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