George F. Talbot

George Foster Talbot (January 16, 1819—August 17, 1907) was a Maine attorney who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

Biography

Talbot was born in East Machias, Maine on January 16, 1819.[1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1837, taught school while studying law, and in 1840 became an attorney in East Machias and Skowhegan.[2][3]

In 1840 Talbot received a master of arts degree from Bowdoin.[4]

While practicing in East Machias Talbot served in local offices, including Superintendent of Schools and County Attorney for Washington County.[5]

In 1849 and 1850 Talbot was the Free Soil Party's nominee for Governor of Maine, losing three way races to John Hubbard.[6]

A Republican after that party was founded, Talbot attended numerous conventions at the local, county, state and national levels, including the 1860 convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln.[7][8]

He relocated to Portland when he was appointed United States Attorney for Maine in 1861. Talbot served in this position until 1870.[9]

From 1876 to 1877 Talbot served as Solicitor of the Treasury.[10]

Talbot was an author, and his most prominent work was 1883's Jesus His Opinions and Character: The New Testament Studies of a Layman.[11]

Talbot was also a poet, and some of his work was published.[12]

Talbot died in Portland on August 17, 1907.[13][14]

References
  1. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, entry for George F. Talbot, dated April 17, 1872, accessed December 7, 2011
  2. General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1912, published by the college, 1912, page 101
  3. The Letters of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by Andrew R. Hilen, 1982 Volume 5, page 157
  4. Catalogue of the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of Maine, Bowdoin College, published by Smith & Sale, Portland, 1908, page 32
  5. History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of its Graduates, From 1806 to 1879, Inclusive, by Nehemiah Cleaveland, 1882, pages 512 to 513
  6. Maine State Yearbook and Legislative Manual for the Year 1871, published by Hoyt, Fogg & Breed, Portland, 1870, page 109
  7. Maine: A History, published by Maine Historical Society, Volume 2, 1919, page 420
  8. Proceedings of the First Three Republican National Conventions of 1856, 1860, and 1864, published by Charles W. Johnson, Minneapolis, `893, page 170
  9. Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin College and the Medical School, published by the college, 1911, pages 423 to 424
  10. The Political Register and Congressional Directory, published by Houghton, Osgood and Company, Boston, 1878, page 230
  11. Jesus, His Opinions and Character: The New Testament Studies of a Layman, by George Foster Talbot, 1883, title page
  12. The poets of Maine: a collection of specimen poems from over four hundred, compiled by George Bancroft Griffith, 1888, pages 239 to 242
  13. Newspaper column, State and Nation, Bath Independent and Enterprise, August 21, 1907
  14. Maine Death Records, 1617-1922, entry for George F. Talbot, dated August 17, 1907, accessed December 7, 2011
Party political offices
First Free Soil nominee for Governor of Maine
1849, 1850		 Succeeded by
Ezekiel Holmes
Legal offices
Preceded by
Bluford Wilson		 Solicitor of the United States Treasury
1876–1877		 Succeeded by
Kenneth Rayner
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