Beverly Miner Bustin-Hatheway (born February 14, 1936) is an American politician from

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 north ...

. Bustin, a

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, served from 1980 to 1996 in the

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, representing

Kennebec County, Maine Kennebec County is a county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county seat is Augusta, the state capital. The county was established on February 20, 1799, from p ...

, which includes her residence in

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the Un ...

. During her final four years in office, Bustin was twice elected Assistant Majority Leader by her colleagues. In 2007, Bustin was elected

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for Kennebec County. In the early 1970s, Bustin worked as field representative for U.S. Senator

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, covering much of central Maine.

Personal

Beverly Bustin was born on February 14, 1936, in

Morrisville, Vermont Morrisville is a village in the town of Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 2,086. Morrisville has two country clubs, a hospital, a school featuring Greek architecture and an air ...

. One of 16 children, Bustin and her family moved to

Kittery, Maine Kittery is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Seavey's Island, Kittery includes Badger's Island, the seaside district of Kittery Point, and part of the Isles of Shoals. The southernmost town in t ...

during World War II so that her father could work at the

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Founded in 1800, PNS is U.S. Navy's oldest continuo ...

. Her family eventually settled in the Sebago Lake region. She graduated from Standish High School 3rd out a class of 23. She took the

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during high school and immediately after graduating moved to

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to work for the Veterans Affairs Department and attend the

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. Before graduating, Bustin moved back to Maine at the behest of her then boyfriend,

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, and attended Nasson Teachers’ College before graduating from

Thomas College Thomas College is a private college in Waterville, Maine. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of Fall 2019 Thomas College currently enrolled 1,949 students; 1,819 w ...

. Beverly Bustin was married to

, former state legislator from Augusta. The two started dating when Beverly Bustin was 17. Prior to dating her husband, Beverly Miner was a Republican, as was almost all of her family. She then became a Democrat.

References

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