Lewis Mayo (August 14, 1828 – August 25, 1907) was an American politician, attorney, physician, and businessman.

Early life and education

Mayo was born in

Hampden, Maine Hampden is a town on the Penobscot River estuary in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,709 at the 2020 census. Hampden is part of the Bangor metropolitan statistical area. History The town was originally called Whee ...

and attended the

Hampden Academy Hampden Academy is a public high school located at 89 Western Avenue in Hampden, Maine, United States. The school is a part of Regional School Unit #22 (R.S.U. 22), with approximately 708 students from Hampden, Newburgh, Frankfort and Winterpo ...

. Mayo then attended

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

from 1850 to 1852.

Career

He was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1862 and practiced law in

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota Sauk Rapids is a city in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,862 at the 2020 census and is 13,896 according to 2021 census estimates, about a third of Benton County's population. It is on a set of rapids on the Missi ...

. Mayo was involved in the real estate business, practiced medicine, and was a druggist in Sauk Rapids. Mayo served as probate judge, school superintendent, district court clerk, coroner, and treasurer for

Benton County, Minnesota Benton County is a County (United States), county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 41,379. Its county seat is Foley, Minnesota, Foley. Benton County i ...

. Mayo served in the

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature. Floor sessions are hel ...

in 1876 and 1877 and was a

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Death

Mayo died in

.'Medical Record-A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery,' volume 72, July 6, 1907-December 28, 1907, Thomas L. Stedman, M.D.-editor, William Wood an Company, New York: 1907, September 14, 1907, Dr. Lewis Mayo of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, pg. 444

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