Tag Archives: James G. Blaine

Here’s to the next hundred years, Maine

Welcome, friends, to the new year. Welcome, too, to the new decade. That’s right, we are now in the roaring 20s. Again. And while we are at it, welcome to the 200th year of Maine’s existence. That’s right, this year — technically on March 15, which is the date that Maine was admitted to the union […]

What Could Have Been – Maine Presidential Leadership Part II

No politician in Maine history can claim to have gotten closer to the White House than James G. Blaine. Blaine had not one, not two but in fact three opportunities to be elected president, and indeed ended up losing his election to Grover Cleveland in 1884 by only 36 electoral votes (essentially, the state of […]