Franklin "Frank" Muzzy (December 6, 1806 – October 28, 1873) was an American

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and

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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 ...

Career

Born in Spencer,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, Muzzy moved to Gardiner,

, in 1823. Sometime before 1832, he enrolled at the Gardiner Lyceum to study drafting. Muzzy began working as a machinist and

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there, and later founded his own business, the Muzzy and Wing Iron Foundry, in Bangor, which by 1860, had more than thirty-five employees. Muzzy also pursued a career in politics as a member of the Whig Party, a forerunner to the

Maine Republican Party The Maine Republican Party is an affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong, Maine, on August 7, 1854. The party currently does not control the governor's office or either chamber of the Maine Legislature, ...

. He served in the

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from 1841 to 1842, and then the

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from 1853 to 1855. In the final term, Muzzy was elected President of the Maine Senate, preceded by Luther Moore and succeeded by

Lot M. Morrill Lot Myrick Morrill (May 3, 1813January 10, 1883) was an American statesman and accomplished politician who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, as a United States Senator, and as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant ...

. During the 1850s, Muzzy was also one of the first

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s of the

Bangor Savings Bank Bangor Savings Bank is a state-chartered bank in Maine, United States. The company, which is headquartered in downtown Bangor was founded in 1852 and has 54 branches across the state. As of December 2020, the bank was the largest Maine-based ban ...

Legacy

Muzzy died in 1873 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. After his death, his daughter, Olive, married the famed businessman John Crosby in 1886. Their grandson was the noted art historian

Sumner McKnight Crosby Sumner McKnight Crosby, Sr. (July 29, 1909 – November 16, 1982) was an American art historian, archaeologist, and educator. A scholar of medieval architecture, specially the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Crosby was Professor of Art History at Yale U ...

. A

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of Muzzy from circa 1855 is currently held in the Maine State Archives. In 1990, an article on the life of Muzzy was published in the journal ''Maine History'' by Carol Toner.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1401&context=mainehistoryjournal

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