– August 8, 1911), and was reelected in 1883, 1889, 1895, 1901, and 1907. During his tenure in the Senate, Frye served as its President pro tempore from the 54th–62nd Congress. The Vice Presidency was vacant twice during that time: November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901, following the death of Garret Hobart, and September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905, after Theodore Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency. Frye resigned as president pro tempore due to ill health a couple of months before his death. Electing his successor proved difficult for the Senate, as the Republicans, then in the majority, were split between progressive and conservative factions, each promoting its own candidate. It took several months for a consensus way forward to emerge. At the time of his resignation he had served longer in that position then anyone else, 15 years, 2 months, 21 days. Frye was also the chairman of the Rules Committee (47th–49th Congress). Frye also was a member of the Commerce Committee (50th–62nd Congress) and a member of the commission which met in Paris in September 1898 to adjust the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Spain, ending the Spanish–American War. Senator Frye was a charter member of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution when it was founded in 1890. Frye died in Lewiston in 1911. He is interred in the Riverside Cemetery. The Sen. William P. Frye House near Bates College in Lewiston is on the National Historic Register. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) William P. Frye (1901) a ship named after him Notes Further reading Banks, Ronald F. "The senatorial career of William P. Frye." (PhD dissertation, University of Maine at Orono, 1958). Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Frye, William Pierce (1830–1911)." The Political Graveyard. William P. Frye, late a senator from Maine, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913 External links 1830 births 1911 deaths Maine lawyers Bates College alumni Bowdoin College alumni Maine Attorneys General Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Mayors of Lewiston, Maine Republican Party United States senators from Maine Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 19th-century American lawyers 1864 United States presidential electors