Brannigan, Joe oral history interview, 2002

File

Identifier: MOH 325

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of environmental protection; Vietnam War; Republican Party in Maine; Democratic Party in Maine; Maine Legislature; term limits; and the Maine Commission on Legal Needs.

Dates

2002

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Biographical / Historical

Joseph Brannigan was born July 16, 1931 and raised in Topsham, Maine. He attended St. Dominic’s High School, Georgetown University and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He trained at St. John’s Seminary, and was ordained as a priest in 1963. He earned a master’s degree at the University of Southern Maine and left the priesthood to become a counsellor, and then the executive director of Shalom House in 1975. He has also served as a Maine state Senator and Representative.