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Kimball was born in Lebanon, Maine, raised in Sanford, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin in 1855, and admitted to the bar in 1858. He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1859. He became a clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1862, and was placed in charge of the Revenue Marine Bureau there in 1871. When the Life-Saving Bureau was organized in 1878 he was appointed its head. Under his direction, the Life-Saving Service was extended to the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes.

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  • Kimball was born in Lebanon, Maine, raised in Sanford, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin in 1855, and admitted to the bar in 1858. He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1859. He became a clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1862, and was placed in charge of the Revenue Marine Bureau there in 1871. When the Life-Saving Bureau was organized in 1878 he was appointed its head. Under his direction, the Life-Saving Service was extended to the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes.
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  • Kimball was born in Lebanon, Maine, raised in Sanford, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin in 1855, and admitted to the bar in 1858. He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1859. He became a clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1862, and was placed in charge of the Revenue Marine Bureau there in 1871. When the Life-Saving Bureau was organized in 1878 he was appointed its head. Under his direction, the Life-Saving Service was extended to the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes. Kimball also served in several other positions at the Treasury Department (acting Register, acting Comptroller, acting Solicitor). He was the author of Organization and Methods of the United States Life-Saving Service (1889) and Joshua James-Life Saver (1909).
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