Frank Nye

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Frank Mellen Nye (March 7, 1852 – November 29, 1935) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls, Pierce County, in 1855; attended the common schools and the local academy in River Falls; taught school for several years and then studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Hudson, Wisconsin; district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, 1879 – 1884; member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1884 and 1885;^[1] moved to Minnesota in 1886, settled in Minneapolis, and continued the practice of law; assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County; prosecuting attorney 1893 – 1897; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of his profession in Minneapolis; elected in 1920 judge of the district court of Hennepin County for a six-year term; reelected in 1926 and served until his retirement in 1932; died in Minneapolis, November 29, 1935; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, River Falls, Wisconsin.

References

↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of Frank Nye, pg. 438

External links

Frank Nye at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Loren Fletcher	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district 1907 – 1913	Succeeded by George Ross Smith

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Name	Nye, Frank Mellen
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 7, 1852
Place of birth
Date of death	November 29, 1935
Place of death

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