GOVERNOR FREDERICK G. PAYNE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 71222
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FREDERICK G. PAYNE
The 60th Governor of Maine pens his name on this 3x2½ card
Signature: “Frederick Payne/ Governor of Maine/ 1949-1952”, in blue ink, 3x2½. Frederick G.
Payne (1904-1978) was an American politician who served as the Republican senator for
Maine (1953-1959) and the governor of Maine (1953-1959). After graduating from high
school, Payne worked a number of odd jobs while studying at the Bentley School of
Accounting and Finance in Boston, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1925. Payne
then landed a job as a financial manager and chief disbursing officer for the Maine & New
Hampshire Theaters Company, before becoming mayor of Augusta (1935-1941). In 1942,
he resigned from his post as finance commissioner and budget director for the state of
Maine join the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Payne successfully reached the rank of
lieutenant colonel. In 1948, Payne was elected governor of Maine, and in 1950 he was
reelected. During his time as governor, Payne broadened the Maine Development
Commission, initiated a long-range highway modernization program, and created a
two-percent sales tax. Fine condition.
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