Moody Currier

Moody Currier ( born April 22, 1806 Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, † August 23 1898 in Manchester, New Hampshire ) was an American politician and 1885-1887 Governor of the State of New Hampshire.

Early years

Moody Currier attended the Hopkinton Academy and then to 1834 Dartmouth College. He then worked for a short time as a newspaper publisher and as a school teacher. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in Manchester in 1841. In 1848 he gave up this profession again and was a banker. For the rest of his life he was engaged in addition to his political activities in this field and on the railways.

Political rise

Originally Currier was a member of the Democratic Party. He belonged to the faction that fought against slavery. Between 1843 and 1844 he was a member of the Senate of New Hampshire. In 1852, he joined the Free Soil Party and after its dissolution a few years later to the Republican Party. Between 1856 and 1857 he was again in his State Senate, where he became its president in 1857. From 1860 to 1861 he was a member of the senior staff of the Governor of New Hampshire, and then during the Civil War president of the Military Committee of his state. After he retired from politics back to 1882 and pursued his business interests. During this time he was only in 1876 for a short time one of the electors in the presidential election. In 1882 he ran for his party's nomination for the office of governor. But He was defeated in a vote against Samuel W. Hale. Two years later he was nominated as a candidate for the next gubernatorial election. Thus, an impending fracture within the Republican Party be avoided.

Governor of New Hampshire

Moody Currier began his two-year term on 4 June 1885, was until June 2, 1887 remain in office. During his tenure, the state suffered an economic crisis. The Governor promoted industry and trade to counteract the economic downturn. A new law required the insurance companies to pay in full for any damage. This led promptly to the migration of some companies from the state. Many returned within a year but back again. Governor Currier was weary of office towards the end of his term, and wanted to give his post to the Senate President. The plan agreed the Legislature but did not. Therefore, Currier had to stay on 2 June in 1887 in office until the end of his term. He then appointed yet the former governor Person Colby Cheney as a successor to the late Austin Franklin Pike for U.S. Senator.

Further CV

At the end of his tenure, Currier retired from politics and devoted himself to his private affairs. He died in August 1898 and was buried in Manchester. He was married three times and had three children.