Charles Sleeper (1856-1924) was an American physician, state legislator, and Collector of the Port of
Portland, Maine.
Sleeper graduated from the
Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College.
Sleeper was a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
from
South Berwick, Maine
South Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,467 at the 2020 census. South Berwick is home to Berwick Academy, a private, co-educational university-preparatory day school founded in 1791.
The town was s ...
(1911–12) before being appointed by Democratic President
Woodrow Wilson to the lucrative position of Port Collector in 1916.
Charles Sleeper, Portland, ca. 1920
Maine Historical Society
References
1856 births
1924 deaths
People from South Berwick, Maine
Physicians from Maine
Medical School of Maine alumni
Members of the Maine House of Representatives
Collectors of the Port of Portland (Maine)
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