Samuel Collins (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Collins (politician)

American lawyer, jurist and politician from Maine

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: Caribou, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2012

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Samuel Wilson Collins (September 17, 1923 – March 22, 2012) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician from Maine.
A Republican, Collins was first elected to the Maine Senate in 1974.
He was served for 10 years until 1984, when he did not seek re-election.
Collins served for 6 years (1988 to 1994) as an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
He also served on his local school board from 1952 to 1960.Collins chose to return in Maine following law school graduation and took a position with Alan Bird's law firm in Rockland, where he was later named a managing partner.
The law firm was later renamed Collins, Crandall, Hanscom and Pease.A Republican, Collins served in the state senate with his brother, Donald Collins of Caribou.
Collins' tenure included terms as the state senate's majority leader.