Frederic Eleazer Boothby (December 3, 1845 – January 1923) was an American railroad manager and politician. Boothby was born in 1845 in

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and studied at Waterville Academy in

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. Boothby moved to Portland, Maine and was elected

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in 1901. He was re-elected in 1902 and 1903. In 1904, he was a delegate at-large to the Republican National Convention in

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which chose

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as the party's nominee. He was employed by the

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and worked for the company in a number of roles. He was

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. In 1916, Boothby was elected mayor of Waterville and served in that position for one year. He died in 1923.

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1845 births 1923 deaths People from Norway, Maine Mayors of Portland, Maine Mayors of Waterville, Maine Maine Republicans Businesspeople from Maine {{Maine-mayor-stub