Warren H. Vinton (1825 – March 13, 1907) was an American politician from Maine. Vinton represented Gray, Maine, in the

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and was elected from Cumberland County to the Maine Senate in five separate elections. In 1878, Vinton was elected

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. A Republican, Vinton ran for governor as an Independent Republican in 1882. He received only 289 votes and finished in 5th and last place to Republican

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. Upon losing, Vinton became a Democrat. Vinton was born Warren Whitefield Bessey, but changed his name in 1846 to Warren Howard Vinton, after a neighbor who raised him. His parents were Warren and Margery Bessey. He died on March 13, 1907, at his house in Gray.

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