John Martin, who came to Augusta as a 23-year-old reformer, will step down on Th

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Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

1-30-1994

Pages

1B, 6B, 7B

Abstract

John Martin, who came to Augusta as a 23-year-old reformer, will step down on Thursday from a 19-year tenure as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives -- During that time he built the Maine House into a professional and co-equal branch of government, but his insistence on clinging to power after the 1992 ballot-tampering scandal helped to weaken the institution and eventually led to his downfall -- Details

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Legislators, Martin, John L

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