Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22 1888 – December 25 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster a conservative Republican served as the Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929 in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in the U.S. Senate from 1941 to 1952. Brewster was a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and an antagonist of Howard Hughes.
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active years end date
1929-01-02, 1941-01-03, 1952-12-31
active years start date
1925-01-07, 1935-01-03, 1941-01-03
alma mater
Harvard Law School, Bowdoin College
birth date
1888-02-22
birth place
Dexter Maine
death date
1961-12-25
death place
Brookline Massachusetts
military branch
National Guard of the United States
military rank
Captain (United States O-3)
military unit
Maine Department of Defense Veterans and Emergency Management
office
Governor of Maine
order in office
54th, United States Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from Maine, from Maine's 3rd district
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