Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, who served as Maine's governor and congressman, passed away at the age of 89. Brennan's political career was influenced by his upbringing in a working-class neighborhood and his experiences as an Army veteran. He was remembered as a dedicated public servant by his friends and colleagues.
Democrat Joseph E. Brennan , whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine 's governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89. Brennan died with his wife at his side a few blocks from the third-floor tenement housing on Munjoy Hill where his Irish immigrant parents raised a family of eight children, Frank O'Hara, a longtime friend, said Saturday.
Brennan's experience in that neighborhood, a working-class melting pot, stayed with him when he entered politics with a campaign for the Maine Legislature at age 29, O'Hara said. An Army veteran, Brennan attended Boston College under the GI Bill and graduated from the University of Maine Law School. He served as a county district attorney and state attorney general, in addition to state lawmaker, governor and congressman. Former Democratic Gov. Joe Baldacci called Brennan “a friend, a mentor and a dedicated servan
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