Editing Augusta, Maine (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Ambrose Abbott]], former member, [[Maine Senate]]
*[[Martha Ballard]], midwife
*[[James G. Blaine]], former [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] and [[1884 United States presidential election|1884]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nominee
*[[Horatio Bridge]], U.S. Navy officer during the [[American Civil War]]
*[[William Bridgeo]], state representative and resident of Augusta<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Bridgeo |url=https://ballotpedia.org/William_Bridgeo |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Julia Clukey]], 2010 Olympic luger<ref>{{cite web |title=Julia Clukey |url=http://clukeyluge.com/about-me/#opening |website= clukeyluge.com| publisher= |access-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031430/http://clukeyluge.com/about-me/#opening |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Ernie |title=Augusta's Julia Clukey looks to the future after Olympic luge near-miss |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/20/sports/olympics/augustas-julia-clukey-looks-to-the-future-after-olympic-luge-near-miss/ |website=Bangor Daily News |date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911015949/http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/20/sports/olympics/augustas-julia-clukey-looks-to-the-future-after-olympic-luge-near-miss/ |archive-date= September 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Beverly Daggett]], President, Maine Senate
*[[Olive E. Dana]], short-story writer, essayist, poet
*[[Melville Fuller]], former Chief Justice, [[United States Supreme Court]] 
*[[George Huntington Hartford]], owner of [[Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company]] (A&P), the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death<ref name="levinson">{{cite book |last= Levinson |first=Marc |title=The Great A&P and the struggle for small business in America |publisher=Hill and Wang |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-8090-9543-8}}</ref>
*[[John F. Hill]], former Maine governor
*[[Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt]], American economist<ref name="UNE2019">{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt collection, 1973 |url=https://library.une.edu/mwwc/collections/collections-a-z/elizabeth-ellis-hoyt-collection-1973/ |website=[[University of New England (United States)|University of New England]] |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Robert Deniston Hume]], Oregon politician and businessman
*[[Eastman Johnson]], artist
*[[Roger Katz]], mayor of Augusta and state legislator
*[[George W. Ladd]], U.S. congressman
*[[Dorianne Laux]], poet
*[[Sumner Lipman]], state legislator and attorney
*[[Henry A. McMasters]], recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/indianwars.html |title=Medal of Honor recipients |website= history.army.mil |publisher=United States Army |access-date=November 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110225055/http://www.history.army.mil//html/moh/indianwars.html |archive-date=November 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]], actress
*[[Frederick G. Payne]], Mayor of Augusta and 60th [[List of Governors of Maine|governor of Maine]]
*[[David Peoples (golfer)|David Peoples]], athlete and golfer
*[[Frederick W. Plaisted]], mayor of Augusta, 48th governor of Maine
*[[John F. Potter]], U.S. congressman, judge
*[[Travis Roy]], hockey player
*[[Luther Severance]], publisher, U.S. congressman and senator
*[[Olympia Snowe]], former U.S. senator
*[[John L. Stevens]], U.S. minister to Kingdom of Hawaii, accused of attempting to overthrow Hawaiian queen, 1893
*[[Judith Tarr]], fantasy and science fiction author
*[[Manch Wheeler]], quarterback with the [[Buffalo Bills]]
*[[Gil Whitney]], television news anchorman and meteorologist
*[[Reuel Williams]], U.S. senator
*[[Willard G. Wyman]], general