Nathaniel Mervin Haskell (September 27, 1912 in Pittsfield, Maine; –February 7, 1983 in Portland, Maine) was a former Maine Republican politician. Haskell holds the distinction of having served as Governor of Maine for 25 hours: from 10:00am January 6, 1953 to 11:00am January 7, 1953.
When he was only two years old his parents died and his sister, Amelia, and her husband Van Stevens, took the family to Portland, Maine. Haskell graduated from Deer...
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Nathaniel Mervin Haskell (September 27, 1912 in Pittsfield, Maine; –February 7, 1983 in Portland, Maine) was a former Maine Republican politician. Haskell holds the distinction of having served as Governor of Maine for 25 hours: from 10:00am January 6, 1953 to 11:00am January 7, 1953.
When he was only two years old his parents died and his sister, Amelia, and her husband Van Stevens, took the family to Portland, Maine. Haskell graduated from Deering High School. Determined to be a lawyer, he graduated from the Peabody Law School in 1934 and was admitted to the Maine bar. For the remainder of his life he maintained his legal office in downtown Portland. Shortly after his death, His son Robert and his wife, Anne, gave birth to a set of triplets, Elizabeth, Michael, and Andrew Haskell.
In 1943, Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives and was reelected in 1945, 1947 and 1949 when he served as Speaker of the House. Elected to the Maine Senate in 1951, he was reelected in...
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