Frank E. Guernsey
Frank Edward Guernsey was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Early life
Guernsey the son of Edward Hersey Guernsey and Hannah Guernsey was born in Dover, Maine on October 15, 1866.Education
Guernsey attended the common schools, Foxcroft Academy, East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine, Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine, and Eastman's College, Poughkeepsie, New York.Family life
Guernsey married Josephine Frances Lyford on June 16, 1887, in Vinal Haven, Maine. They had a son Thompson L. Guernsey, who was born at Dover on February 17, 1904.Legal career
Guernsey studied law in the office of Honorable Willis E. Parsons, of Foxcroft, Maine, he was admitted to the bar in September, 1890 and commenced practice in Dover, Maine.Early political career
Guernsey was elected treasurer of Piscataquis County, Maine in In September, 1890, and he was re-elected twice, serving in this office until December 31, 1896.Service in the Maine legislature
Guernsey served as member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. He served in the Maine Senate in 1903.Congressional service
Guernsey was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Llewellyn Powers.Guernsey was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1917.
He did not run for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Senator.