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Philo Hersey

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-1888	Republican	AD-63	0	Win

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/143056990/philo-hersey

Candidate Biography:

Born: November 7, 1836 in Belfast, Maine
Married: Arabella Johnson (m. 1865)
Children: Two sons
Military Service: (Civil War)
Died: August 14, 1923 in San Jose, CA

1866: Member, Maine State Legislature
Previous: Staff, Governor of Maine (3 years)

Badly wounded at the Battle of Irish Bend (April 14, 1863)