{{Short description|American politician (1788–1829)}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = EnochLincoln.png |image_size = |name = Enoch Lincoln |order1 = 6th |office1 = Governor of Maine |term_start1 = January 3, 1827 |term_end1 = October 8, 1829 |predecessor1 = [[Albion Parris]] |successor1 = [[Nathan Cutler]] |office2 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]] |term_start2 = November 4, 1818 |term_end2 = January 1826 |predecessor2 = [[Albion Parris]] |successor2 = [[James W. Ripley]] |constituency2 = {{ushr|MA|20|Massachusetts 20th}}<br>(1818–1821)<ref>This district was moved to Maine as a result of the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820.</ref><br>[[Maine's 7th congressional district|Maine 7th]] (1821–1823)<br>{{ushr|ME|5|Maine 5th}} (1823–1826) |birth_date = {{birth date|1788|12|28}} |birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1829|10|08|1788|12|28|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Augusta, Maine]], U.S. |alma_mater = [[Harvard College]] |profession = Lawyer |party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]<br>[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] }} '''Enoch Lincoln''' (December 28, 1788 – October 8, 1829) was an American politician, serving as [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from, successively, [[Massachusetts]] and from [[Maine]]. He was the son of [[Levi Lincoln Sr.]] and his wife, and the younger brother of [[Levi Lincoln Jr.]] He served as the sixth [[governor of Maine]] from 1827 until his death in 1829.
Born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], Lincoln graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1807 where he had studied law. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] began practice out of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem, Massachusetts,]] in 1811. He served as [[United States district attorney]] 1815–1818. In 1819, Lincoln moved to [[Paris, Maine|Paris, District of Maine]] following a successful November 1818 election bid for US Representative of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in [[15th United States Congress|Fifteenth United States Congress]], filling [[Albion K. Parris|Albion K. Parris's]] resigned seat. While serving this term, (November 4, 1818, to March 3, 1821), Congress admitted Maine as an independent state. Lincoln was three times re-elected to Congress for the [[16th United States Congress|Sixteenth]] and Seventeenth and Eighteenth sessions as US Representative for the State of Maine.
Lincoln continued the practice of law in Paris, Maine, and was elected a member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1819.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistl|title=MemberListL|website=americanantiquarian.org|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> A portion of his business and personal papers resides in the manuscript collections of the AAS within the Lincoln Family Papers.
Lincoln was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Maine, next reelected as an [[National Republican Party (United States)|Adams-Clay Republican]] and finally reelected in his third term as a [[National Republican Party (United States)|Pro-Adams]] candidate. He won three terms, all with more than 90% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=85258|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Enoch Lincoln|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> Elected governor of the State of Maine, he resigned from Congress in 1826 and was sworn in governor in 1827.
While in office in [[Augusta, Maine]], Lincoln died on October 8, 1829. His term had not yet expired but it was after the election of his successor [[Jonathan G. Hunton]]. Serving in the interim were [[List of Presidents of the Maine Senate|two Presidents of the Maine Senate]], [[Nathan Cutler]] and [[Joshua Hall]].
Fourteen years after his death, Lincoln was re-interned to a Capitol Park mausoleum opposite the [[Maine State House|Maine State House,]] in Augusta. The tomb, later opened during 1989 construction, found his remains were missing.<ref>Richmond Times-Dispatch 15 Aug 1999, Sun ·Page 84</ref>
The town of [[Lincoln, Maine]], is named for him.
Lincoln was distantly related to President [[Abraham Lincoln]], sharing common ancestor [[Samuel Lincoln]], who had settled in [[Hingham, Massachusetts]], in the 17th century.<ref>Lea et al, p. 136.</ref>
==External links== * [http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=372593 The Lincoln Family Papers], the American Antiquarian Society
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