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Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915)

Name:
Rollins, Frank West (1860-1915)
Title:
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1899-1901
Assistant Adjutant General, New Hampshire National Guard, 1890-1895
Vice president and manager of the Boston branch of E. H. Rollins Sons
President, New Hampshire State Senate, 1895, 1896
President of Good Roads League and Society for the Protection of NH Forests
Trustee and treasurer of St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
Trustee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Names:
Rollins, Frank W.
Born:
02/24/1860
Birthplace:
Concord, NH
Died:
10/27/1915
Death Location:
Concord, NH
Residence:
Concord, NH 1900
Boston, MA 1910
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Lawyer
Banker
Politician: Republican NH Senator, NH Governor
Father:
Rollins, Edward H.
Mother:
West, Ellen Elizabeth
Spouse:
Married Katharine Wallace Pecker (1861-1921), December 6, 1882
Notes:
His father, Edward H. Rollins, was a U.S. Senator.
Admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1882.
Joined the banking firm founded by his father, Edward H. Rollins, 1884.
Supporter of the gold standard.
Gave the New England delegation address to presidential nominee William McKinley.
Founder of Old Home Week.

James O. Lyford, Life of Edward H. Rollins: A Political Biography. Boston, Massachusetts: Dana Estes and Company, 1906, 517.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord
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