Daniel Dodge Frisbie (November 30, 1859 Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York - August 6, 1931 Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., New York) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

Frisbie was educated in his hometown and later attended Hartwick Seminary in Cooperstown, New York. In 1882, he married Eleanor Manning, and they had three children. In the 1880s, Frisbie purchased two local newspapers and opened two insurance companies. Later, he was president of the local railroad and utility company. In 1904, as the editor of the ''Schoharie Democratic-Republican'', he was elected President of the Democratic New York State Editorial Association. Frisbie was a member of the New York State Assembly (Schoharie Co.) in

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1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Jan ...

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

and 1912; and was Minority Leader in 1901, 1909 and 1910; and

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in 1911. During his speakership happened the last election of a

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by the State Legislature: after a three-month-long deadlock, James Aloysius O`Gorman was elected to succeed

Chauncey Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as ...

. Frisbie was a member of the New York State Commission for the

Panama–Pacific International Exposition The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely s ...

in 1915.

Sources

''EDITORS HAVE BUSY DAY''
in NYT on September 8, 1904
''MURPHY PICKS GRADY TO LEAD THE SENATE''
in NYT on December 17, 1910
''WAGNER IS LEADER; GRADY STAYS AWAY''
in NYT on January 4, 1911
''State of New York at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915''
(Albany, 1916; pg. 28)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frisbie, Daniel D 1859 births 1931 deaths People from Middleburgh, New York Speakers of the New York State Assembly Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly American newspaper editors