{{Short description|American politician (1852–1935)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Frank Nye |image = Frank Mellen Nye - DPLA - edit (cropped).jpg |state = Minnesota |district = {{ushr|MN|5|5th}} |term_start = March 4, 1907 |term_end = March 3, 1913 |predecessor = Loren Fletcher |successor = George Ross Smith |birth_date = {{birth date|1862|3|7}} |birth_place = Shirley, Maine, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1935|11|29|1862|3|7}} |death_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S |party = Republican |other_party = |education = |profession = |spouse = }}

'''Frank Mellen Nye''' (March 7, 1852 – November 29, 1935) was a representative from Minnesota.

==Early life and education== 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.

==Career== He taught school for several years and then studied law; as admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Hudson, Wisconsin; district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, 1879&nbsp;– 1884; member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1884 and 1885;<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of Frank Nye, pg. 438</ref> moved to Minnesota in 1886, settled in Minneapolis, and continued the practice of law; assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County; prosecuting attorney 1893&nbsp;– 1897; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second congresses (March 4, 1907&nbsp;– March 3, 1913); 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.

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==External links== {{Biographical Directory of Congress|N000175}} *{{Commons category-inline}}

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