Background
Parkhurst, Frederic Hale was born on November 5, 1864 in Unity, Maine, United States. Son of Jonathan Fuller and Susan (Haskell) Parkhurst.
Parkhurst, Frederic Hale was born on November 5, 1864 in Unity, Maine, United States. Son of Jonathan Fuller and Susan (Haskell) Parkhurst.
He graduated from Washington, District of Columbia"s Columbian Law School (now George Washington University Law School) in 1887 and became an attorney in Bangor.
He was the 52nd Governor of Maine. A Republican, he served on the Bangor City Council from 1893 to 1894 and was the council"s president in 1894. He was a Delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.
In 1920 he was elected Governor.
He became ill during the period between winning the election and his inauguration. Parkhurst managed to leave his sickbed to take the oath of office, but died of pneumonia just three weeks later.
He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor. His 26 days as Governor make his term one of the shortest in Maine history.
The record belongs to Nathaniel Haskell, who served for 25 hours in 1953.
Senate President Percival Proctor Baxter, also a Republican, finished Parkhurst"s term in office.
He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1895 to 1896 and 1899 to 1902. Parkhurst was also a member of the Maine Militia, serving as Commissary General with the rank of colonel from 1901 to 1904. From 1907 to 1908 Parkhurst was a member of the Maine State Senate, and he was chairman of the Maine Republican Party from 1914 to 1916.
Married Marie J. Reid, September 21, 1887.