Ralph Linwood Perkins Sr. (1888-1967) was an American farmer and politician from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. Perkins, a Republican, served in the

Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...

from 1919–20 and the Maine Senate from 1927-28. In June 1928,

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...

Grand Dragon

DeForest H. Perkins DeForest Henry Perkins (December 24, 1872August 7, 1936) was an American educator, real estate developer, and political activist who was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Maine from 1925 to 1928. Perkins served as Superintendent of Portlan ...

of Portland resigned following the defeat of Klan-backed candidates

Ralph Owen Brewster Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, served as the 54th Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in t ...

for U.S. Senate and John Smith for governor. Ralph Perkins (no relation) was mentioned as possible replacement as Grand Dragon. In 1941, Perkins was a vocal proponent of the

Townsend Plan The Townsend Plan was an American scheme in 1933–1936 during the Great Depression in the United States to give every person over age 60 a monthly cash payment of $200. It was devised by Francis Townsend, an elderly California physician. The plan ...

."Third District Townsend Clubs Meet in Brewer," Bangor Daily News, June 21, 1941.

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1888 births 1967 deaths People from Orono, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Republican Party Maine state senators Ku Klux Klan in Maine {{Maine-politician-stub