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Frank Black was born on March 8, 1853, on a farm at Limington, Maine, United States, the son of Jacob and Charlotte (Swett) Black.
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Frank Black was born on March 8, 1853, on a farm at Limington, Maine, United States, the son of Jacob and Charlotte (Swett) Black.
Frank obtained such education as the rural community afforded, and upon the removal of his parents to Alfred, Main, where his father was keeper of the county jail, he prepared for college at Limerick and Lebanon academies. At eighteen he entered Dartmouth College. Although forced by circumstances to earn his way, he graduated in 1875 as an honor man. Lare he also studied law.
Declining several school principalships, Black accepted the editorship of the Journal at Johnstown, New York. Severing his connection with the Journal because of a difference of opinion with the owner over the Blaine-Conkling controversy, he located in Troy, New York and supported himself and family meanwhile with newspaper and clerical work. Admitted to the bar in 1879, he joined the firm of Smith, Wellington & Black for a year and then set up his own office. Native ability, hard work, and the mastery of every case quickly won for him a wide legal practise and a reputation as one of the leading attorneys in his section of the state. By 1888 his wit and eloquence as a public speaker brought him into prominence as a campaign orator for the Republican party of which he was an ardent member.
As chairman of the Republican committee for Rensselaer County in 1893 his successful efforts to clean up certain election frauds resulted in his election to Congress in 1894 and in his reelection two years later. Meanwhile as a delegate to the Republican National Convention he helped to nominate McKinley for the presidency and was active in his election. The Republican State Convention held at Saratoga Springs in 1896, captivated by his address as temporary chairman, nominated him for governor. After a spectacular campaign, he was elected by the largest plurality ever given in the state to a gubernatorial candidate. Upon retiring to private life he resumed the practise of law in New York City, where his services were in much demand by litigants with important cases.
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Frank Black was a member of the Republican party, from which he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th district (1895-1897).
Black married in his senior year Lois B. Hamlin of Provincetown, Massachussets.