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William Pierce Frye ( September 2 , 1830 – August 8 , 1911 ) was an American Politician from the U.S. State of Maine . Frye spent most of his political career as a Legislator , serving in the Maine House Of Representatives and U.S. House Of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate , where he served for 30 years and died in office. Frye was a member of the Frye Political Family , and was the grandfather of Wallace H. White, Jr. and the son of John March Frye . Frye was born in Lewiston , Maine, in Androscoggin County . He attended public schools there and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick in 1850 . Frye studied law and was later admitted to the bar. He began practicing in Rockland, Maine in 1853 but later returned to Lewiston, and practiced law there. Frye played a role in founding Bates College in Lewiston and served as a longtime trustee of the College. Frye received a LL.D. from Bates in 1881. Frye served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1861 to 1862 and again in 1867 . He was later elected as the mayor of Lewiston, holding that position from 1866 to 1867, when he became the state attorney general. Frye left the attorney general post in 1869 . He was elected as a Republican in 1870 to the U.S. House of Representatives. Frye served in the 42nd Congress and the five succeeding Congresses from March 4 , 1871 , to March 17 , 1881 , when he resigned after being elected Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James G. Blaine . He served over 30 years in the Senate ( March 18 , 1881 – August 8 , 1911 ), and was reelected in 1883 , 1889 , 1895 , 1901 , and 1907 . During his tenure in the Senate, Frye served as President Pro Tempore ( 54th – 62nd Congress , his resignation spawning a Debate Over Filling The Position ) and chairman of the Rules Committee ( 47th – 49th Congress ). Frye also was a member of the Commerce Committee ( 50th – 62nd Congress ) and a member of the commission which met in Paris in September 1898 to adjust the Treaty Of Paris between the United States and Spain , ending the Spanish-American War . Frye died in Lewiston in 1911. He is interred in the Riverside Cemetery. Sources
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