Frank E. Guernsey

Frank Edward Guernsey (* October 15, 1866 in Dover, Piscataquis County, Maine, † January 1, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1908 and 1917 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Guernsey attended the public schools of his home. Subsequently, he completed more schools in Maine and New York. After studying law and its made ​​in 1890 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Dover. Between 1890 and 1896 he was treasurer of the Piscataquis County. Politically, Guernsey joined the Republican Party. From 1897 to 1899 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Maine; in 1903 he was also in the state Senate. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, at the William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate.

After the death of Congressman Llewellyn Powers Guernsey was at the election due in the fourth electoral district of Maine as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on November 3, 1908 its new mandate. After three re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1917 at the Congress. At this time there were the 16th and the 17th Amendment, discussed and adopted.

In 1916, Frank Guernsey opted not to run again for the House of Representatives. Instead, he sought unsuccessfully to his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. In the following years he was president of the Piscataquis Savings Bank and curator of the University of Maine. He also worked as a lawyer again.