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Mcintyre, Rufus

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 19, 1784, in York, Maine. He was a representative in the Maine legislature at its first session; and was then appointed county attorney, which office he held until elected to congress as a representative from Maine, serving from 1827 to 1835. In 1826 he was a commissioner for settling the boundary line of his state; in 1836 was a member of the legislature; and was appointed land agent for two years in 1839. He was subsequently United States marshal for Maine, and surveyor of the port of Portland four years. He died April 28, 1866, in Partonsfield, Maine.

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