Angus S. King, Jr. is serving his second four-year term as Maine's
Governor. Elected on November 8, 1994 as Maine's 71st Governor, he was victorious
in his first run for public office. He was re-elected in November 1998.
Governor King began his career in 1969 as a staff attorney for Pine Tree
Legal Assistance in Skowhegan. In 1972 he became Chief Counsel to the U.S.
Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics in the office of then Senator
William D. Hathaway. In 1975 he returned to Maine to practice law with the
firm of Smith, Lloyd and King in Brunswick. In the same year he began his
almost 20 year-stint as host of the television show "Maine Watch"
on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. In 1983 he became vice-president
and general counsel of Swift River/Hafslund Company, an alternative energy
development company based in Portland and Boston. Governor King founded
and served as President of Northeast Energy Management, Inc. in 1989, a
position he held for 5 years. The Brunswick-based company specialized in
the development of large scale projects at commercial and industrial facilities
in central and southern Maine.
Born on March 31st, 1944, the Governor graduated from Dartmouth College
in 1966 and the University of Virginia Law School in 1969.
Governor King is married to Mary J. Herman. He is the father of four sons:
Angus III; Duncan; James; and Benjamin; and a daughter, Molly.
Governor's Website
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