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Israel Washburn Jr. (June 6, 1813 – May 12, 1883) was a United States political figure who was the Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. Originally a member of the Whig Party, he later became a founding member of the Republican Party. In 1842, Washburn served in the Maine House of Representatives.
Israel Washburn Sr. (November 18, 1784 – September 1, 1876) was a Massachusetts politician.
Israel, Jr., who was born on June 6, 1813, and his siblings grew up in a rural village with a one-room schoolhouse nearby, and a Universalist Church built half on Washburn property. When Israel was 67 years old he looked back on this era in his life and said, “There was a halo about these times.”
- Emily Mace
ISRAEL WASHBURN JR.., the twenty-ninth governor of Maine, was born in Livermore, Maine on June 6, 1813. His early education was attained by private tutors and in the common schools of his native state.
Israel Washburn participated in the war his own way - through politics. On January 1, 1861 Washburn was elected governor of Maine, as the candidate of the Republican Party.
The history of the Washburns at Norlands can be traced back more than 200 years when Israel Washburn, Sr. purchased the original homestead built by Cyrus Hamlin (father of Hannibal Hamlin) in 1809 and raised ten children with his wife, Martha Benjamin.
Israel Washburn, Jr. (courtesy Maine State Museum) (1813-1883), a U.S. Representative and brother of Elihu Benjamin Washburn, Cadwallader Colden Washburn, and William Drew Washburn, was born in Livermore on June 6, 1813. (See more on the Washburn family at Norlands .)
