Henry L. Joy (November 26, 1933 – March 29, 2023) was an American politician and teacher from Maine. Joy was a Republican from

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. He was first elected to the

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in 1992, which was the 116th Legislature, and served in every consecutive legislature except for the 120th Legislature, when he made an unsuccessful bid for governor of Maine, after which he served as a Selectman for the town of Crystal, and was returned to the 121st Legislature in 2002, re-elected in 2004 and 2006. In October 1997, Joy announced that he would seek the Maine Republican Party's nomination for governor in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. In the June 1998 primary, he finished in 2nd place of 3 candidates, behind James B. Longley, Jr. Joy's House District included Bancroft, Crystal, Dyer Brook, Haynesville, Hersey, Island Falls, Linneus, Ludlow, Merrill, Mount Chase, New Limerick, Oakfield, Patten, Sherman, Smyrna, Stacyville, Weston and Plantations of Glenwood, Macwahoc, Moro and Reed, plus the unorganized territories of North Penobscot (part, including Herseytown Township) and South Aroostook (including Benedicta, Molunkus and Silver Ridge Townships). He attended

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, in

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, from 1951 to 1953, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from

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in 1963, and a master's degree in education from the University of Maine, at Orono in 1976. Joy was an educator in

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from 1963 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1974, Superintendent of Schools, CSD #9, 1976–1981, and a teacher with Maine Administrative School Administrative District #25 (MSAD #25), from 1981 to 1992, after which he retired from teaching. He died in a nursing home at the age of 80 on March 29, 2023.

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Maine State House: Henry L. JoyVote Smart: Representative Henry L. Joy
1933 births 2023 deaths University of Hartford alumni People from Aroostook County, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Ricker College alumni University of Maine alumni School superintendents in Maine 20th-century American educators Maine city council members {{Maine-politician-stub