FRYE, WILLIAM PIERCE

(18311911), American lawyer and statesman. uating from Bowdoin College in 1850, he studied law with William Pitt Fe enden and after practicing for some time at Rock land removed to Lewiston, He was a member of the Legislature, 18611862, and 1867, from his native town and in 1864 was a Presidential Elector on the Lincoln ticket. Mayor of Lewiston for one term he became Attorney General for the State on the Republican ticket, 1868-1871. In the latter year he was elected to Congre and was re-elected five times. In 1880 he resigned to become Senator on the resignation of James. Blaine, appointed Secretary of State by President Garfield. Senator Frye was reelected 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907. He was President pro tem. of the Senate in 1896 and twice after the death of Vice-President Hobart in 1899, and the election of Roosevelt to the Presidency jn 1901. After the Spanish War he was a member of the Peace Conference at )Paris. During that war he was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He was one of the most prominent leaders of the Republican party.