George M. Seiders

George M. Seiders
From 1902's An Album of the Attorneys of Maine
28th Attorney General of Maine
In office January 1901 – January 4, 1905
Governor	John Fremont Hill
Preceded by	William T. Haines
Succeeded by	Hannibal E. Hamlin
64th President of the Maine Senate
In office January 2, 1895 – January 6, 1897
Preceded by	Albert Spear
Succeeded by	Albert R. Day
Member of the Maine Senate from the 2nd district
In office January 4, 1893 – January 6, 1897
Preceded by	Charles Libby
Succeeded by	Josiah H. Drummond Jr.
Personal details
Born	George Melville Seiders (1844-01-15)January 15, 1844 Union, Maine, U.S.
Died	May 26, 1915(1915-05-26) (aged 71) Portland, Maine, U.S.
Party	Republican
Alma mater	Bowdoin College
Military service
Allegiance	United States (Union)
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1862–1863
Unit	24th Maine Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

George Melville Seiders (January 15, 1844 – May 26, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine.

Seiders was born and raised on a farm in Union, Maine. In 1862 at the age of 18, he joined the 24th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Augusta, Maine. He and his regiment spent most of their 9 months of military service in Louisiana. Of particular note, the 24th Maine participated in the Siege of Port Hudson. The regiment mustered out in August 1863.

Seiders, a Republican, served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from North Yarmouth, Maine in 1878. In his first term, he was assigned to that body's important Judiciary Committee.

In 1880, he moved to Portland, Maine, where he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1892 and 1894, Seiders was elected to the Maine Senate. During his second term, he was elected by his colleagues as the President of the Senate. In 1901, he was elected Maine Attorney General, a position he held until 1904.^[1]

He died in Portland on May 26, 1915.^[2]