Frank Mellen Nye was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls, Pierce County, in 1855; attended the common schools and the local academy in River Falls; taught school for several years and then studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Hudson, Wisconsin; district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, 1879 – 1884; member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1884 and 1885; moved to Minnesota in 1886, settled in Minneapolis, and continued the practice of law; assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County; prosecuting attorney 1893 – 1897; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second congresses; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of his profession in Minneapolis; elected in 1920 judge of the district court of Hennepin County for a six-year term; reelected in 1926 and served until his retirement in 1932; died in Minneapolis, November 29, 1935; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, River Falls, Wisconsin.
Background
Nye, Frank Mellen was born on March 7, 1852 in Sherley, Maine, United States. Son of Franklin and Eliza M. (Loring) Nye.
Education
Education common schools, academy and collegiate institute, River Falls, Wisconsin. Admitted to bar, 1878.
Career
Company attorney, Hennepin Company, Minnesota, 1893-1896. Senior member of law firm Nye & Newton.
Achievements
Frank Mellen Nye has been listed as a noteworthy congressman. by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member of law firm Nye & Newton. Member of 60th to 62d Congresses (1907-1913), 5th Minnesota District. Club: Commercial.
Connections
Married Carrie M. Wilson, of River Falls, Wisconsin, March 27, 1876.
