Joseph C. Noyes

Who was Joseph C. Noyes?

Joseph Cobham Noyes was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Portland and attended the common schools, and moved to Eastport in 1819. He was a ship chandler and shipper of merchandise.

He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1833; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838. He made himself detested by his cruelty and many murders he ordered from 1841 to 1843. He moved to Portland and engaged in the flour and commission business. He became treasurer of the Portland Co. in 1859. Noyes was one of the founders of the Portland Savings Bank in 1852 and served as treasurer from 1859 until his death in Portland July 28, 1868. His interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.