Moody Currier

Moody Currier (April 22, 1806 – August 23, 1898) was a lawyer, banker, generous patron of the arts, and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA, he served New Hampshire in the state’s Senate and on the Governor’s Council. Currier served as a fellow at Bates College from 1882 to 1889.^[1] He was Governor of New Hampshire from 1885 to 1887.

Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art is named after him and was founded based on a bequest in his will and the accompanying efforts of his third wife, Hannah Slade Currier.

Currier died in Manchester in 1898 and is buried in Valley Cemetery.

References

1. ^ General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1882-1889 by Bates College Lewiston, Me, Me Lewiston, Cobb Divinity School Lewiston, Me, Cobb Divinity School, Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) Cobb divinity school, Me.) Bates College (Lewiston, Published by The College, 1915)[1]

External links

• Currier at New Hampshire’s Division of Historic Resources
• Currier Museum of Art - see especially their history page

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel W. Hale	Governor of New Hampshire 1885–1887	Succeeded by Charles H. Sawyer

Persondata
Name	Currier, Moody
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 22, 1806
Place of birth
Date of death	August 23, 1898
Place of death