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==Family life==
==Family life==
Guernsey married Josephine Frances Lyford on June 16, 1887, in [[Vinal Haven, Maine]]. They had a son Thompson L. Guernsey, who was born at Dover on February 17, 1904.<ref name="SJofMainevol3no.4pg137">{{Citation |last =Sprague|first =John Francis| title =Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District| page = 137.| publisher=John Francis Sprague| location = [[Dover, Maine]]|date =January, 1916}}</ref>
Guernsey married Josephine Frances Lyford on June 16, 1887, in [[Vinal Haven, Maine]]. They had a son Thompson L. Guernsey, who was born at Dover on February 17, 1904.<ref name="SJofMainevol3no.4pg137">{{Citation |last =Sprague|first =John Francis| title =Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District| page = 137.| publisher=John Francis Sprague| location = [[Dover, Maine]]|date =January 1916}}</ref>


==Legal career==
==Legal career==
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==Early political career==
==Early political career==
Guernsey was elected treasurer of [[Piscataquis County, Maine]] in In September, 1890, and he was re-elected twice, serving in this office until December 31, 1896.<ref name="SJofMainevol3no.4pg136">{{Citation |last =Sprague|first =John Francis| title =Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District| page = 136.| publisher=John Francis Sprague| location = [[Dover, Maine]]|date =January, 1916}}</ref>
Guernsey was elected treasurer of [[Piscataquis County, Maine]] in In September, 1890, and he was re-elected twice, serving in this office until December 31, 1896.<ref name="SJofMainevol3no.4pg136">{{Citation |last =Sprague|first =John Francis| title =Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District| page = 136.| publisher=John Francis Sprague| location = [[Dover, Maine]]|date =January 1916}}</ref>


==Service in the Maine legislature==
==Service in the Maine legislature==
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==End notes==
==End notes==
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Frank Edward Guernsey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th district
In office
November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1917
Preceded byLlewellyn Powers
Succeeded byIra G. Hersey
Member of the
Maine Senate
In office
1903–1903
Member of the
Maine House of Representatives
In office
1897–1899
Treasurer of
Piscataquis County, Maine
In office
1890 – December 31, 1896
Personal details
BornOctober 15, 1866
Dover, Maine
DiedJanuary 1, 1927
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting placeDover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Josephine Frances Lyford, m. June 16, 1887
ChildrenThompson L. Guernsey, born, February 17, 1904.
Alma materEastman's College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Frank Edward Guernsey (October 15, 1866 – January 1, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Early life

Guernsey the son of Edward Hersey Guernsey and Hannah (Thompson) Guernsey was born in Dover, Maine on October 15, 1866.[1]

Education

Guernsey attended the common schools, Foxcroft Academy, Eastern Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine, Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine, and Eastman's College, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Family life

Guernsey married Josephine Frances Lyford on June 16, 1887, in Vinal Haven, Maine. They had a son Thompson L. Guernsey, who was born at Dover on February 17, 1904.[2]

Guernsey studied law in the office of Honorable Willis E. Parsons, of Foxcroft, Maine, he was admitted to the bar in September, 1890 and commenced practice in Dover, Maine.[1]

Early political career

Guernsey was elected treasurer of Piscataquis County, Maine in In September, 1890, and he was re-elected twice, serving in this office until December 31, 1896.[1]

Service in the Maine legislature

Guernsey served as member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. He served in the Maine Senate in 1903.

Congressional service

Guernsey was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Llewellyn Powers. Guernsey was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1917. He did not run for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Senator.

1908 Republican National Convention

Guernsey served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.[2]

Later business career

In 1905 Guernsey was elected as the president of the Piscataquis Savings Bank.[2] He was also a trustee of the University of Maine.

Death and burial

Guernseydied in Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1927. He was interred in Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

End notes

  1. ^ a b c Sprague, John Francis (January 1916), Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District, Dover, Maine: John Francis Sprague, p. 136.
  2. ^ a b c Sprague, John Francis (January 1916), Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. III, No. 4: The First and the Present Congressman from the Bangor, Maine Congressional District, Dover, Maine: John Francis Sprague, p. 137.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th congressional district
November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1917 		Succeeded by
Business positions
Preceded by
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 President of Piscataquis Savings Bank
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