Lincoln's vice-president during the Civil War, Hannibal Hamlin was a strong abolitionist. He served as U.S. Senator from Maine for many years, and was minister to Spain from 1881-1882. Birthplace: Paris.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an early American poet who used a simple style to tell heroic tales about the country. He wrote "The Song of Hiawatha." Birthplace: Portland.
Born in America, Sir Hiram Maxim moved to London and developed the world's first automatic machine gun in 1883. His weapon of destruction has been used and improved heavily over the years. Maxim also developed the substance of cordite. Birthplace: Sangerville.
Poet and political activist, Edna St. Vincent Millay's verse touched a nation of younger literature students. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for her poetry. Birthplace: Rockland.
