Item 18351 - Judge Ashur Ware, 1846
- Item 18351 - Judge Ashur Ware, 1846
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Image Info A portrait of Judge Ashur Ware by Joseph Greenleaf Cole, painted in 1846.
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Ware (1782-1873), a native of Massachusetts and graduate of Harvard, came to Portland in 1817, was admitted to the bar, ran the "Eastern Argus," served as Secretary of State in 1820-21, and was appointed judge in U.S. District Court in Portland in 1822, a post he held until 1866.
He also was a trustee of Bowdoin College, president of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad, and president of Casco Bank and Exchange Bank.
Cole (1806-1858) worked in Portland for several years, but spent most of his career in Boston.