When Austin Bragg was born on 19 May 1843, in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Densmore Bragg, was 25 and his mother, Mercy Jacobs, was 22. He married Eliza Burnham Boston on 22 October 1868, in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 30 November 1937, in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
English: nickname from Middle English brag(ge) ‘ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave’.
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