Daniel Rose (July 31, 1772 – October 25, 1833) was an
American
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politician
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from the
State of Maine
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. He was a member of the
Democratic-Republican Party
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, and served as president of the
Maine Senate
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. He briefly served as the
fourth Governor
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from January 2 to January 5, 1822, filling an unexpired term between the administrations of
Benjamin Ames
Benjamin Ames (October 30, 1778 – September 28, 1835) was the third governor of the U.S. state of Maine, who served from December 5, 1821, to January 2, 1822.
Biography
Ames was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated Harvard University ...
and
Albion K. Parris
Albion Keith Parris (January 19, 1788 – February 11, 1857) was the 5th Governor of Maine, a United States representative from the District of Maine, Massachusetts, a United States senator from Maine, a United States district judge of the Uni ...
.
Rose was born in the
Connecticut Colony
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and graduated from
Yale University
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in 1791. He settled in
Alna, Maine and studied and practiced medicine in nearby
Boothbay
Boothbay is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Back Narrows, Dover, East Boothbay, Linekin, Oak Hill, Ocean Point, Spruce Shores, and Trevett. The Boothbay regi ...
. Rose served as a member of the
Maine Senate
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from its founding in 1820 until 1824. He was the
President of the Maine Senate from in 1822 and 1823. Upon finishing his terms in the Maine Senate, Rose was moved to
Thomaston, Maine
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and became the Warden of the
Maine State Prison
The Maine State Prison was erected in Thomaston, Maine in 1824 and relocated to Warren in 2002. This maximum-security prison has a capacity of 916 adult male inmates with an average daily population of 900.
History
The state legislature establis ...
, which he helped design.
References
Daniel Rose bio from the National Governors Association
1772 births
1833 deaths
Connecticut Democrats
Yale University alumni
People from Alna, Maine
Physicians from Maine
American military personnel of the War of 1812
Presidents of the Maine Senate
Governors of Maine
American law enforcement officials
Maine Democratic-Republicans
People from Thomaston, Maine
Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States
People of colonial Connecticut
People from Boothbay, Maine
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