Nehemiah Abbott (March 29, 1804 – July 26, 1877) was a

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from

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. He was born in Sidney, studied law at the

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Law School, was admitted to the

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in 1836 and began his practice at

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. In 1839 Abbott moved to Columbus, Mississippi, where he continued the practice of law, but the following year he returned to Maine and settled in

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, where he resumed the practice of law. In 1842 and 1843 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives.
Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 14 June 2008. He was elected as a United States Republican Party, Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1859. He did not run for reelection, but continued to practice law, and served as the mayor of Belfast in 1865 and 1866. He died in Belfast.

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* 1804 births 1877 deaths Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives People from Belfast, Maine Politicians from Calais, Maine Mayors of places in Maine People from Kennebec County, Maine Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine 19th-century American politicians {{Maine-mayor-stub