Brewer
a city of Maine, in Penobscot co. It is opposite Bangor, with which it is connected by a bridge. The city is on the Maine Central railroad.
It has important industries, which include lumber, paper and pulp mills, brick yards, and shipbuilding yards.
Pop. (1910) 5,667; (1920) 6,064.
DAVID JOSIAH, BREWER, an American jurist, born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 20, 1837; graduated at Yale College, 1856. He studied law in the office of his uncle, David Dudley Field, and was admitted to the bar in New York City in 1858. Removing to Kansas, he became prominent in his profession. He was judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas, 1870-1881, and was appointed United States Judge for the 8th Circuit in 1884. He rendered a memorable decision on the Kansas Prohibition Law, affirming the right of liquor manufacturers to compensation, for which he was severely criticized by the Prohibitionists. President Harrison elevated him to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889. He was appointed to the Venezuela Commission by President Cleveland in 1906, and served as chairman. He died March 28, 1910.