Frank L. Greene
| Frank Lester Greene | |
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Bain News Service photo, circa 1920-1925.
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United States Senator from Vermont |
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In office March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Carroll S. Page |
| Succeeded by | Frank C. Partridge |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district |
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In office July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923 |
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| Preceded by | David J. Foster |
| Succeeded by | Frederick G. Fleetwood |
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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(s) | Jessie Emma Richardson (m. February 20, 1895) |
| Children | Richardson Lester Greene (b. March 27, 1896) Dorothy Greene (b. November 18, 1897) Stuart Hoadley Greene (b. December 2, 1901) |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor Militia officer Legislator |
Frank Lester Greene (February 10, 1870 – December 17, 1930) was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.
Frank Greene was born in St. Albans, Vermont on February 10, 1870. He attended the public schools in St. Albans and Cleveland, Ohio. The Greene family had relocated to Cleveland because Frank's father Lester had become Secretary/Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. When Frank Greene was 13 his father became ill and could no longer work. The family returned to Vermont and Frank quit school to help support his family by taking a job as a messenger with the Central Vermont Railway. He remained with the railroad until 1891, learning shorthand and stenography and advancing to the position of chief clerk in the general freight department. Having worked part-time as a correspondent for The Boston Globe and other newspapers beginning in 1888, in 1891 Greene made journalism his full-time career, first as a reporter for and later as editor of the St. Albans Messenger. He was president of the Vermont Press Association from 1904 to 1905.
Greene served in the Vermont National Guard from 1888 to 1900. Enlisting as a private, during the Spanish–American War he commanded an infantry company as a captain. Greene later served as adjutant of 3rd Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps. After the war Greene was commissioned a colonel on the staff of Edward Curtis Smith, the Governor of Vermont, and Greene's former employer on the Central Vermont Railroad and the St. Albans Messenger.
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