Henry Francis Green

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Henry Francis Green (born Feb. 6, 1844) was an American merchant, banker, manufacturer and politician. He was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 1899 until 1901.

Green was born in Lyndon, Vermont. After being educated in public schools he began working for a railway in Vermont. He later worked in a factory in Indiana. In 1877 he settled in Littleton, New Hampshire where he became a grocery merchant. In 1879 he began working for the Saranac Glove Company where he became vice president and treasurer. He also worked in lumbering. He later became president of the Littleton National Bank.

A Republican he was first elected to the state legislature in 1883, at that time only serving for that year. In the 1890s he served as a selectman in Littleton. He also served for six years as a member of the Grafton County, New Hampshire board of commissioners. From 1899-1901 he was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council. In 1901 he was again elected to the state legislture. In 1902 he seved as a member of the state constitutional convention. From 1905-1911 he was a member of the New Hampshire Board of Bank Commissioners.

Sources

Henry Harrison Metcalf, One Thousand New Hampshire Notable (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company, 1919), p. 5.

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