Edwin Flye (March 4, 1817 – July 12, 1886) was an American politician, merchant, banker, bank president, and shipbuilder from Maine.

Early life

Born in Newcastle, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Flye attended the common schools and Lincoln Academy.

Career

Flye engaged in

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pursuits and shipbuilding. He 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 ...

in 1858 and served as president of the First National Bank of Damariscotta, Maine, for many years. During the Civil War, Flye served as a paymaster with the rank of

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in the Union Army. He was a delegate to the

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in 1876 and was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy the same year. He served until 1877. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 and instead resumed shipbuilding and banking.

Personal life

Flye died while visiting the home of his daughter in Ashland, Kentucky, on July 12, 1886. He was interred in Congregational Cemetery in Newcastle, Maine.

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