CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.lewiston.me.us/

Population:
35690 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1795 (town), 1863 (city)

County:
Androscoggin County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Bates College	1855

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Yvon Chouinard	Business	9-Nov-1938		Founder, Patagonia
Frank M. Coffin	Judge	11-Jul-1919	7-Dec-2009	1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89
Patrick Dempsey	Actor	13-Jan-1966		Dr. McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy
Paul LePage	Politician	9-Oct-1948		Governor of Maine
James B. Longley, Jr.	Politician	7-Jul-1951		Congressman from Maine, 1995-97
James B. Longley	Politician	22-Apr-1924	16-Aug-1980	Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Cynthia McFadden	Journalist	27-May-1956		Primetime Live
Wallace H. White, Jr.	Politician	6-Aug-1877	31-Mar-1952	US Senator from Maine, 1931-49

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James B. Longley	Politician	22-Apr-1924	16-Aug-1980	Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Charlotte MacLeod	Novelist	12-Nov-1922	14-Jan-2005	Mystery novelist, Peter Shandy Series

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