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Severin Beliveau
Severin Beliveau (born March 15, 1938) is an American attorney, political activist and lobbyist in Maine. Political career Beliveau was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1966 after graduating from Georgetown University Law Center and was influential in the rise of the Maine Democratic Party in state politics after a century of Republican dominance. He later served in the Maine Senate and, in 1986, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor. Considered a moderate Democrat, Beliveau lost to the more liberal Maine Attorney General James Tierney. He is a founding partner at Preti Flaherty, a major law firm in Maine. He was chair of the Maine Democratic Party in the late 1960s. In December 2011, Beliveau was ranked as the 12th most influential person in Maine politics. Family and education Beliveau was born on March 15, 1938, in Rumford, Maine. His Irish mother was Margaret McCarthy and his Franco-American father, Albert J. Beliveau, Sr., w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. The largest state by total area in New England, Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other U.S. state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the 45th parallel north in latitude. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta. Maine has traditionally been known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Beliveau
Albert Beliveau (March 27, 1887 – 1971) of Rumford, Maine was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from March 3, 1954, to March 25, 1958. He was a Roman Catholic, and his son was Severin Beliveau. Born in Lewiston, Maine, to French-Canadian parents, Beliveau worked in local foundries and mills as a young man, before deciding to pursue a legal career. In 1906, he quit his job at the mill and went to work for a local law office, where he remained for three years as an office worker, while studying law on his own time. He received an LL.B. from the University of Maine School of Law in 1911.Harrie B. Coe, ''Maine Biographies'' (1928), p. 299. Beliveau served in the United States Army in France during World War I, "where his French-Canadian heritage and legal experience was helpful in negotiations with the French, who were qualified to receive reparations for their war claims". In 1935, Governor Louis J. Brann appointed Beliveau to the Maine Superior Court. He was then appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
