William George Crosby (September 10, 1805 - March 21, 1881) was an American politician and 23rd Maine Governor. A Whig, Crosby served two periods a year as governor from 1853 to 1855.
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Crosby was born in Belfast (in Maine modern, then part of Massachusetts) on September 10, 1805. He studied at the Belfast Academy. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1823, and his classmates included William Pitt Fessenden, with whom he remained friendly until Fessenden's death in 1869. He then studied law with his father, Judge William Crosby, treated at the bar, and practiced in Boston. He returned to Belfast two years later to become his father's legal partner. In 1831, Crosby married Ann M. Patterson from Belfast.
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Crosby was a failed Whig candidate for Congress in 1838. He actively campaigned for William Henry Harrison during the 1840 presidential election. Crosby served as a delegate to the 1844 Whig National Convention nominated by Henry Clay for the President of the United States. From 1846 to 1849, Crosby served as Secretary of the Maine Education Council, the first person to hold this position. In 1850, he was a failed Whig candidate for the Governor of Maine.
In 1852, Governor-elect Crosby, and he was re-elected in 1853. Second-time Crosby was second in the three-way race, with the Democratic candidates receiving the most popular vote; in accordance with Maine law, the state legislature makes the choice if no candidate is accepted by the majority, and Crosby's elected legislature. The Whig Party was no longer a major national party after the presidential election of 1852, and Crosby left office on January 3, 1855.
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After leaving the office, he served as the guardian of Bowdoin College and a member of the Maine Historical Society. He also received the appointment as a federal customs collector for his district which included Belfast. In 1870, he received an honorary LL.D. from Bowdoin.
He died in Belfast on March 21, 1881, and was buried at Grove Cemetery in Belfast.
William G. Crosby High School in Belfast was built in 1923, and later served as a municipal high school. It was closed in 1991, and has since been used for various other activities.
Source
- Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo. Directory of the Governor's Biography of the United States, 1789-1978 . Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBNÃ, 0-313-28093-2
- William G. Crosby at National Governors Association
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