William P. Frye

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William Pierce Frye


60th President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office February 7, 1896 – April 27, 1911
Preceded by	Isham G. Harris
Succeeded by	Rotating pro terms
United States Senator from Maine
In office March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911
Preceded by	James G. Blaine
Succeeded by	Obadiah Gardner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1871 – March 17, 1881
Preceded by	Samuel P. Morrill
Succeeded by	Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Maine Attorney General
In office 1867–1871
Preceded by	John A. Peters
Succeeded by	Thomas Brackett Reed
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1861–1862 1867
Personal details
Born	September 2, 1830 Lewiston, Maine
Died	August 8, 1911(1911-08-08) (aged 80) Lewiston, Maine
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Bowdoin College
Profession	Law, politics

William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye, a member of the Republican Party, spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in office. Frye was a member of the Frye political family, and was the grandfather of Wallace H. White, Jr. and the son of John March Frye. He was also a prominent member of the Peucinian Society tradition.

Biography

Frye was born in Lewiston, Maine, in Androscoggin County. He attended public schools there and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick in 1850. Frye studied law and was later admitted to the bar. He began practicing in Rockland, Maine in 1853 but later returned to Lewiston, and practiced law there. Frye played a role in founding Bates College in Lewiston and served as a longtime trustee of the College. Frye received a LL.D. from Bates in 1881.

Frye served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1861 to 1862 and again in 1867. He was later elected as the mayor of Lewiston, holding that position from 1866 to 1867, when he became the state attorney general. Frye left the attorney general post in 1869. He was elected as a Republican in 1870 to the U.S. House of Representatives. Frye served in the 42nd Congress and the five succeeding Congresses from March 4, 1871, to March 17, 1881, when he resigned after being elected Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James G. Blaine. He served over 30 years in the Senate (March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911), and was reelected in 1883, 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907.

During his tenure in the Senate, Frye served as the 60th President pro tempore (54th–62nd Congress, at the time of his resignation he served longer than any other man before or since, 15 years, 2 months, 21 days. However, his resignation a couple of months before his death spawning a debate over filling the position, where 5 men were rotated in for the remainder of the 62nd Congress.

Frye was also the chairman of the Rules Committee (47th–49th Congress). Frye also was a member of the Commerce Committee (50th–62nd Congress) and a member of the commission which met in Paris in September 1898 to adjust the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Spain, ending the Spanish–American War.

Frye died in Lewiston in 1911. He is interred in the Riverside Cemetery. The Sen. William P. Frye House near Bates College in Lewiston is on the National Historic Register.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to William P. Frye.

United States Congress. "William P. Frye (id: F000398)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
William P. Frye at Find A Grave
Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Frye, William Pierce (1830–1911)." The Political Graveyard.

External links

Works by or about William P. Frye at Internet Archive

Legal offices
Preceded by John A. Peters	Maine Attorney General 1867–1869	Succeeded by Thomas Brackett Reed
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel P. Morrill	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1871 – March 17, 1881	Succeeded by Nelson Dingley, Jr.
United States Senate
Preceded by James G. Blaine	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Maine March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911 Served alongside: Eugene Hale and Charles F. Johnson	Succeeded by Obadiah Gardner
Political offices
Preceded by Isham G. Harris	President pro tempore of the United States Senate February 7, 1896 – April 27, 1911	Succeeded by Rotating pro tems
Honorary titles
Preceded by Eugene Hale	Dean of the United States Senate March 4, 1911 – August 8, 1911	Succeeded by Shelby Moore Cullom

United States Senators from Maine

Class 1	Holmes Parris Holmes Shepley Dana Williams Fairfield Moor Hamlin Nourse Hamlin Morrill Hamlin E. Hale Johnson F. Hale Brewster Payne Muskie Mitchell Snowe King

Class 2	Chandler Sprague Ruggles Evans Bradbury Fessenden Farwell Fessenden Morrill Blaine Frye Gardner Burleigh Fernald Gould White Smith Hathaway Cohen Collins

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce and Manufactures (1816–1825)	Hunter Sanford Dickerson

Commerce (1825–1947)	Lloyd Johnston Woodbury Forsyth King Silsbee Goldsborough Davis King Huntington Haywood Dix Hamlin Dodge Clay Chandler Conkling Gordon Ransom McMillan Frye Ransom Frye Nelson Clarke Fletcher Jones H. Johnson Stephens Copeland Bailey

Interstate Commerce (1887–1947)	Cullom Butler Cullom Elkins Clapp Newlands Smith Cummins Smith Watson Couzens Dill Wheeler

Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Commerce (1947–1977)	White E. Johnson Tobey Bricker Magnuson

Commerce, Science, and Transportation (1977–)	Magnuson Cannon Packwood Danforth Hollings Pressler McCain Hollings McCain Hollings McCain Stevens Inouye Rockefeller Thune

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Barbour Macon Brown Barbour R. King Barbour Macon Sanford Macon Tazewell Forsyth Wilkins Clay Buchanan Rives Archer Allen Sevier Hannegan Benton W. King Foote Mason Sumner Cameron Hamlin Eaton Burnside Edmunds Windom Miller Sherman Morgan Sherman Frye Davis Cullom Bacon Stone Hitchcock Lodge Borah Pittman George Connally Vandenberg Connally Wiley George Green Fulbright Sparkman Church Percy Lugar Pell Helms Biden Helms Biden Lugar Biden Kerry Menendez Corker

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Rules (1870–1947)	Ferry Blaine Morgan Frye Aldrich Blackburn Aldrich Spooner Knox Crane Overman Knox Curtis Moses Copeland Neely Byrd

Rules and Administration (1947–)	Brooks Hayden Jenner Green Hennings Mansfield Jordan Cannon Pell Mathias Ford Stevens Warner McConnell Dodd McConnell Dodd Lott Feinstein Schumer Blunt

Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate

Langdon Lee Langdon Izard H Tazewell Livermore Bingham Bradford Read Sedgwick Laurance Ross Livermore Tracy Howard Hillhouse Baldwin Bradley Brown Franklin Anderson Smith Bradley Milledge Gregg Gaillard Pope Crawford Varnum Gaillard Barbour Gaillard Macon Smith L Tazewell White Poindexter Tyler W R King Southard Mangum Sevier Atchison W R King Atchison Cass Bright Stuart Bright Mason Rusk Fitzpatrick Bright Fitzpatrick Foot Clark Foster Wade Anthony Carpenter Anthony Ferry Thurman Bayard Davis Edmunds Sherman Ingalls Manderson Harris Ransom Harris Frye Office rotated 1911–1913 Bacon Curtis Gallinger Brandegee Lodge Clarke Saulsbury Cummins Moses Pittman W H King Harrison Glass McKellar Vandenberg McKellar Bridges George Hayden Russell Ellender Eastland Magnuson Young Magnuson Thurmond Stennis Byrd Thurmond Byrd Thurmond Byrd Stevens Byrd Inouye Leahy Hatch

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 3957878 LCCN: n86114473 GND: 173219039 US Congress: F000398

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