Charles Libby Explained

Charles Libby
Birth Name:Charles Freeman Libby
Birth Date:31 January 1844
Birth Place:Limerick, Maine
Death Place:Portland, Maine
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Children:2
Signature:Signature of Charles Freeman Libby.png
Party:Republican
Office1:Member of the Maine Senate
Term Start1:1889
Term End1:1892
Office2:Mayor of Portland, Maine
Term2:1882

Charles Freeman Libby (January 31, 1844 – June 3, 1915) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. Libby, a Republican, served as President of the Maine Senate from 1891 to 1892 and later as President of the American Bar Association.

Biography

Libby was born in Limerick, Maine, and his family moved to Portland a few years later. Libby graduated from Portland High School and Bowdoin College in 1864.[1] He interned with a local law firm and studied at Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1882, he served as Mayor of Portland, Maine, and was elected to the Maine Senate in 1889, serving until 1892.[2] [3]

He married Alice W. Bradbury on December 9, 1869, and they had two children.[1]

Libby died at his home in Portland on June 3, 1915.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . XIV . James T. White & Company . 332 . 1910 . 2020-12-17 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Bio of Charles Freeman Libby. 7 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000629/http://www.onlinebiographies.info/me/rmm/libby-cf.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Presidents of the Maine Senate : Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. 7 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813222523/http://www.maine.gov/legis/lawlib/presid.htm. 13 August 2014.
  4. News: Obituary: Charles F. Libby . . 14 . 1915-06-04 . 2020-12-17 . Newspapers.com.