William Stover Wells (May 29, 1848 – June 6, 1916) was an American politician who served one term 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 ...

. A member of the

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, he represented the towns of Berwick and

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in York County. He was educated at the Maine State Seminary, which later became

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* Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 1848 births 1916 deaths Bates College alumni 19th-century American legislators People from Wells, Maine {{Maine-politician-stub