Frank Dunklee Currier

Frank Dunklee Currier (October 30, 1853 - November 25, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Born in Canaan, New Hampshire, Currier attended the common schools, then Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire, and Doctor Hixon's School in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1874, commencing practice in Canaan.

He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1879 and was Secretary of the Republican State committee, 1882-1890. He served as clerk of the New Hampshire Senate in 1883 and 1885 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. He continued as member of the State senate in 1887, serving as president of that body. He served as naval officer of customs at the port of Boston from 1890 to 1894, then returned to New Hampshire to be Speaker of the State house of representatives in 1899.

Currier was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1913). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress and retired from public life. He died in Canaan, November 25, 1921, and was interred in Canaan Street Cemetery.

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