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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 a unit 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). EXTERNAL LINKS
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