Frank Lester Greene | |
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| United States Senator from Vermont | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Carroll S. Page |
| Succeeded by | Frank C. Partridge |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district | |
| In office July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | David J. Foster |
| Succeeded by | Frederick G. Fleetwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1870 St. Albans, Vermont |
| Died | December 17, 1930 (aged 60) St. Albans, Vermont |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Vermont |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jessie Emma Richardson (m. 1895-1930, his death)[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor Militia officer Legislator |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  Vermont Militia United States Army |
| Years of service | 1888–1900 (Militia) 1898 (United States Army) |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Unit | Vermont Militia 3rd Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Frank Lester Greene (February 10, 1870 – December 17, 1930) was a Vermont newspaper editor and militia officer. He is most notable for his service as a United States Representative and Senator.
A native of St. Albans, Vermont, he was educated in St. Albans and Cleveland, Ohio, and began working as a teenager to help support his family after his father became disabled. He became a clerk for the Central Vermont Railway, and later became a journalist and editor of the St. Albans Messenger newspaper. Greene also served in the militia; enlisting as a private, by the time of the Spanish–American War he was a company commander with the rank of captain. He later served on the military staff of Governor Edward Curtis Smith, with the rank of colonel; Smith had been his employer at the Central Vermont Railway and St. Albans Messenger.
Long active in politics and government as a Republican, in 1912 he won a special election to complete the term of Congressman David J. Foster, who had died. He was reelected to a full term in November 1912, and won reelection to four more terms. In 1922, Greene was elected to the United States Senate. He was reelected in 1928, and served until his death. In 1924, Greene was wounded when Prohibition agents attempting to apprehend the owners of a Washington, D.C., moonshine still accidentally shot him in the head. Greene never fully recovered, and was left partly paralyzed. He died as the result of surgical complications while being treated for a hernia, and was buried in St. Albans.
- ^ Walter Anson Greene, Ella Louise Geib Greene, A Greene Family History, 1981, page 118