Frank L. Greene

Frank Lester Greene
United States Senator from Vermont
In office March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930
Preceded by	Carroll S. Page
Succeeded by	Frank C. Partridge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district
In office July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	David J. Foster
Succeeded by	Frederick G. Fleetwood
Personal details
Born	(1870-02-10)February 10, 1870 St. Albans, Vermont
Died	December 17, 1930(1930-12-17) (aged 60) St. Albans, Vermont
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jessie Emma Richardson (m. 1895-1930, his death)[1]
Children	3
Occupation	Newspaper editor Militia officer Legislator
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Vermont Militia  United States Army
Years of service	1888–1900 (Militia) 1898 (United States Army)
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Vermont Militia 3rd Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

Frank Lester Greene (February 10, 1870 – December 17, 1930) was a Vermont newspaper editor and militia officer. He is most notable for his service as a United States Representative and Senator.

A native of St. Albans, Vermont, he was educated in St. Albans and Cleveland, Ohio, and began working as a teenager to help support his family after his father became disabled. He became a clerk for the Central Vermont Railway, and later became a journalist and editor of the St. Albans Messenger newspaper. Greene also served in the militia; enlisting as a private, by the time of the Spanish–American War he was a company commander with the rank of captain. He later served on the military staff of Governor Edward Curtis Smith, with the rank of colonel; Smith had been his employer at the Central Vermont Railway and St. Albans Messenger.

Long active in politics and government as a Republican, in 1912 he won a special election to complete the term of Congressman David J. Foster, who had died. He was reelected to a full term in November 1912, and won reelection to four more terms. In 1922, Greene was elected to the United States Senate. He was reelected in 1928, and served until his death. In 1924, Greene was wounded when Prohibition agents attempting to apprehend the owners of a Washington, D.C., moonshine still accidentally shot him in the head. Greene never fully recovered, and was left partly paralyzed. He died as the result of surgical complications while being treated for a hernia, and was buried in St. Albans.