Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Pike, Frederick Augustus

Pike, Frederick Augustus, a Representative from Maine; born in Calais, Maine, December 9, 1816; attended the common schools and the Washington Academy, East Machias, Maine; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Calais, Washington County, in 1840; mayor of Calais in 1852 and 1853; member of the State house of representatives 1858-1860 and served as speaker in 1860; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1869); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1868; resumed the practice of law; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; died in Calais, Maine, December 2, 1886; interment in Calais Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Pike, Frederick Augustus," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1682 1683. Original Sources, accessed May 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE648AMQN8XX71W.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Pike, Frederick Augustus." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1682, page 1683. Original Sources. 30 May. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE648AMQN8XX71W.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Pike, Frederick Augustus' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1682, pp.1683. Original Sources, retrieved 30 May 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE648AMQN8XX71W.