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    Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland...
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    park donor Percival P. Baxter between the years of 1931 and 1962, eventually creating a park of over 200,000 acres (809 km2) in size. Baxter Park is not...
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    party, most notably by former Maine governor and fellow Republican Percival P. Baxter. Brewster's governorship would so split the Maine Republican Party...
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    footballer Percival Norman "Percy" Barton (1888–1912), Australian footballer Percival P. Baxter (1876–1969), American politician and philanthropist Percival Bazeley...
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    Scottish skier Paul Baxter, Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach Percival P. Baxter, governor of the U.S. state of Maine Peter Baxter (disambiguation)...
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  • Senate Jeff Baxter (politician) (born 1960), Washington State Senate Jere Baxter (1852–1904), Tennessee State Senate Percival P. Baxter (1876–1969),...
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  • Governor Baxter may refer to: Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), 10th Governor of Arkansas George W. Baxter (1855–1929), territorial governor of Wyoming Percival P. Baxter...
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    Mackworth Island (category Baxter family)
    Percival P. Baxter deeded the island and causeway, including his summer home, to the State of Maine. In 1957, the state created the Governor Baxter School...
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    Baxter in 1882. When J. P. Baxter died in 1921, it had not been developed during the preceding building boom and was bequeathed to his son Percival P...
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    gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1924. Incumbent Governor Percival P. Baxter did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Ralph Owen Brewster...
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    Trolleys (1982) Soares, Liz. All for Maine: The Story of Governor Percival P. Baxter. Windswept House Publishers (1996). ISBN 1-883650-17-8 "Falmouth Maine...
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  • 85 Spring Street in Downtown Portland. In 1943, Maine's governor Percival P. Baxter deeded the island and causeway, including his summer home and $750...
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    Governor Percival P. Baxter succeeded to the Governorship in 1921 when his predecessor Frederic Hale Parkhurst died just 26 days into his term. Baxter was...
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    was one of the political centers of Portland and Maine politics. Percival P. Baxter Joshua Chamberlain Thomas Brackett Reed Cumberland Club "High and...
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    p. 1. Retrieved September 17, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 630. "Percival Proctor Baxter". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 3, 2023. "Baxter Is...
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    Nathaniel Haskell, who served for 25 hours in 1953. Senate President Percival Proctor Baxter, also a Republican, finished Parkhurst's term in office. http://bridgton...
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  • (2008). Governor Baxter's Magnificent Obsession: A Documentary history of Baxter State Park 1931–2006. Bangor, Maine: Friends of Baxter State Park. ISBN 978-1-887940-15-3...
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    Percival Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation...
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    transport ships for transatlantic duty. In 1943, former Maine Governor Percival P. Baxter donated Mackworth Island to the state, which designated the island...
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  • (1927–1929) Former James Goodrich, Governor of Indiana (1917–1921) Percival P. Baxter, Governor of Maine (1921–1925) Alex Groesbeck, Governor of Michigan...
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  • Justice of the Maine Superior Court was authorized by the Maine Legislature, P.L. 1983, c. 269, § 7, to be effective on January 1, 1984. The Chief Justice...
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    Mount Katahdin (redirect from Baxter Peak)
    a piano sonata. The area around the peak was protected by Governor Percival Baxter starting in the 1930s. Katahdin is the northern terminus of the Appalachian...
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    Fame for Great Americans, the Bronx, New York City Bust: Governor Percival P. Baxter (bronze, 1956), Maine State House, Augusta, Maine Bas relief panel:...
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    the leading architectural trends of the era." James Phinney Baxter III Percival P. Baxter Wadleigh Davis William Moulton Ingraham Kenneth Sills "Portland's...
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    Governor Owen Brewster, and their chief opponents in former Governor Percival P. Baxter and Senator Frederick Hale. Gould, whose wife was Catholic, ran on...
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  • private practice of law in Bangor. On November 10, 1924, Governor Percival P. Baxter nominated Worster to a seat on the Superior Court of Penobscot County...
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    political controversy. She received her commission in 1924 from Governor Percival P. Baxter, but in 1925 his successor, Governor Ralph Brewster, rejected the...
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    Day and three children. In 1967, Governor Percival P. Baxter appointed him "artist in residence" of Baxter State Park; for which Day designed the park's...
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    election in September. The president pro tempore of the Maine Senate, Percival P. Baxter, served the remaining 3 years and 11 months of Parkhurst's term. Tobey...
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  • A coalition of Democrats, Greenbacks, and Independents supported Melvin P. Frank, a Democrat, as Speaker and organized the House. As president of the...
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