Josiah Hayden Drummond (August 20, 1827 – October 25, 1902) was an American attorney and politician. He served as

Maine Attorney General The Maine Attorney General is the chief legal advisor and prosecutor of the State of Maine. The constitutional basis of the office is Article IX, Section 11 of the Maine Constitution, and the holder of the position is chosen biennially by the Main ...

from 1860 to 1863.

Personal

J.H. Drummond was born to Clark and Cynthia (Blackwell) Drummond in

Winslow, Maine Winslow is a town and census-designated place in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, along the Kennebec River across from Waterville. The population was 7,948 at the 2020 census. History Winslow was originally an Indian settlement named Ta ...

. He attended Vassalboro Academy and graduated from

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philant ...

in 1846. He married Elzada Rollins (Bean) on December 10, 1850, and had three daughters and one son.

Career

He entered politics as a

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, but when the Republican Party was formed he joined it. He was a Maine State Representative from Waterville in 1857 - 1858, and Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1858. He was a State Senator in 1859, and resigned his seat to accept the position of

, which he held from 1860 - 1863. He was again a Maine State Congressman and Speaker of the House in 1868. He held numerous positions as a Freemason: Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine from 1860-1862; in the

Scottish Rite The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction in the United States often omits the ''and'', while the English Constitution in the United Kingdom omits the ''Scottish''), commonly known as simply the S ...

, Northern Jurisdiction, he was a Lieutenant Grand Commander from 1862 - 1863 and Sovereign Grand Commander from 1867-1878; and General Grand Master of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters from 1880-1882.1827-1902; Josiah Hayden Drummond; Most Worshipful, Drummond, Josiah H 1. NY - Biographical Sketches, Masonic Digital Archives, http://cdm16287.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/Biography/id/333 He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at

from 1890-1902. With his son he formed Drummond & Drummond law firm in 1881 which continues to the present day in downtown

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

, as one of the oldest firms in the state.

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