Frank Dunklee Currier

Frank Dunklee Currier

Frank Dunklee Currier (born October 30, 1853 in Canaan , New Hampshire , †  November 25, 1921 there ) was an American politician . From 1901 and 1913 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Currier attended public schools in his home country and the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden . He also studied at the Doctor Hixon's School in Lowell ( Massachusetts ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1874, he began to practice this profession in Canaan.

Currier was a member of the Republican Party . In 1879 he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Between 1882 and 1890 he was Secretary of the Regional Party Executive for New Hampshire State. In 1883 and 1885, Currier was an administrative clerk with the State Senate , of which he became a member and president in 1887. In June 1884, Currier attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago as a delegate . Between 1890 and 1894 he was employed by the customs service in the port of Boston . In 1899 he was an MP and Speaker in the House of Representatives of his state.

In 1900, Currier was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the New Hampshire Second Constituency . On March 4, 1901, he succeeded Frank Gay Clarke, who died in January 1901 . After five re-elections, Currier was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . Between 1903 and 1911 he was chairman of the patent committee. In the 1912 election he was defeated by the Democrat Raymond Bartlett Stevens . After that, Currier retired from politics and public life. He died on November 25, 1921 in his birthplace Canaan and was buried there.

Web links

• Frank Dunklee Currier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Currier Dunklee in the database of Find a Grave (English)