Andrew L. Emerson Explained

Andrew Leonard Emerson was an American politician from Maine. Emerson served two single year terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1828; 1829)^[1] and was the first Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1832.^[2] The city had previously been organized as a town. The Emerson School, built in 1897–1898 in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, is named in Andrew Emerson's honor. It was used until the 1970s, when it was converted into affordable housing.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Legislators Biographical Search. Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. 28 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201040243/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx. 1 February 2015. dead.
2. Book: Charters, Portland (Me.).. The Charter, Joint Rules and Orders and Rules and Orders of the Common Council, and Standing Committees: Together with a List of the City Officers. 28 December 2014. 1832. J.& W.E.Edwards. 21–.
3. Web site: Emerson School, Portland, ca. 1900. Maine Historical Society. 28 December 2014.