Sidney Perham

Sidney Perham
Secretary of State of Maine
In office 1875
Preceded by	George B. Stacy
Succeeded by	S.J. Chadbourne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by	T.A.D. Fessenden
Succeeded by	Samuel P. Morrill
33rd Governor of Maine
In office January 4, 1871 – January 7, 1874
Preceded by	Joshua L. Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1854
Personal details
Born	March 27, 1819 Woodstock, Maine
Died	April 10, 1907 (aged 88) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Bates College
Religion	Universalist

Sidney Perham (March 27, 1819 – April 10, 1907) was a U.S. Representative and the 33rd Governor of Maine and was an activist in the temperance movement.

Biography

Born in Woodstock, Maine to Joel and Sophronia Bisbee Perham, Perham attended common schools as a child, engaged in agricultural pursuits and briefly attended Bates College, but left to pursue a passion for agriculture. He was elected a member of the Maine Board of Agriculture in 1853, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1854, serving as Speaker of the House that one year, and was clerk of the courts of Oxford County, Maine from 1859 to 1863. He was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869, not being a candidate for renomination in 1868. There, Perham served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions from 1865 to 1869. He served as president of the board of trustees of Westbrook Seminary in Deering, Maine from 1865 to 1880. In September 1870, Perham was elected Governor of Maine, serving from 1871 to 1874. He replaced former American Civil War General Joshua Chamberlain as Governor. He was president of the board of trustees of Maine Industrial School in Hallowell, Maine from 1873 to 1898 and was Secretary of State of Maine in 1875. Perham served as a fellow at Bates College from 1871 to 1873. Perham served as appraiser in the United States Customhouse in Portland, Maine from 1877 to 1885 and was a member of the board of trustees of the Universalist General Convention for twenty-seven years, serving as its president for some time. He died in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 1907 and was interred in Lakeside Cemetery in Bryant Pond, Maine.

References and external links

• Sidney Perham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Sidney Perham at Find A Grave
• Biography of Sidney Perham

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas A. D. Fessenden	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Succeeded by Samuel P. Morrill
Political offices
Preceded by Joshua L. Chamberlain	Governor of Maine 1871–1874	Succeeded by Nelson Dingley, Jr.

• Sidney Perham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress