Fulton J. Redman

Fulton Jarvis Redman was a Maine politician and newspaper editor. He was born in Ellsworth and was elected as a Republican [Party (United States)|Republican] to a term in the Maine [House of Representatives] in 1916. He later joined the Democratic Party and was one of the Maine [Democratic Party|state organization]'s most prominent leaders during the first half of the 20th century. He was twice a delegate to the Democratic National Convention: first in 1924 and then in 1940. He ran for the U.S. Senate three times: in United States Senate [election in Maine, 1924|1924], in United States Senate [special election in Maine, 1926|1926], and in 1942. He ran for Governor of Maine in 1940 Maine [gubernatorial election|1940] and lost to Republican Sumner Sewall. He was also the publisher of the Portland Evening News.
He died in 1969.