Frank S. Streeter (1853-1922) was born in East Charleston, Vermont, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1874. Afterwards he headed west to Iowa, serving as principal of Ottumwa High School. Streeter studied law under Alonzo P. Carpenter, chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in March 1877. That same year in Bath, New Hampshire, he married Carpenter's daughter, Lilian C. Streeter (b. Carpenter), founder and first president of the Concord Woman's Club, who was involved in social, educational, and philanthropic work, serving on multiple state and local charitable boards.
Streeter was recognized as a leader of the bar in New Hampshire. Specializing in corporate law, he had notable clients such as Western Union, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, and the Concord and Montreal Railroad (which later became the Boston and Maine Railroad). In 1885 he began serving on the Judiciary Committee in the New Hampshire Legislature. He became President of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1896 and a member of the Republican National Committee in 1907 and 1908. He was an active member of the National Security League and the League to Enforce Peace, and he was appointed by President William Howard Taft in 1911 as a member of the International Joint Commission between the United States and Canada. In 1919 he headed an effort to reform the education system in New Hampshire, creating a statewide board of education. Streeter Hall on the Dartmouth College campus, where he served as a trustee for thirty years, was named after him in 1929.
Streeter was employed by Mary Baker Eddy to manage her legal defense and public relations at various times between 1890 and 1910, including the Josephine C. Woodbury libel suit brought against Eddy in 1899 and the well-publicized Next Friends suit of 1907. By 1907 he was also counsel for the trustees to whom Eddy had conveyed all her property. The Streeters were members of the Unitarian church, and Streeter was also a 32nd degree Freemason and member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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Frank S. Streeter (1853-1922) was born in East Charleston, Vermont, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1874. Afterwards he headed west to Iowa, serving as principal of Ottumwa High School. Streeter studied law under Alonzo P. Carpenter, chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in March 1877. That same year in Bath, New Hampshire, he married Carpenter's daughter, Lilian C. Streeter (b. Carpenter), founder and first president of the Concord Woman's Club, who was involved in social, educational, and philanthropic work, serving on multiple state and local charitable boards.
Streeter was recognized as a leader of the bar in New Hampshire. Specializing in corporate law, he had notable clients such as Western Union, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, and the Concord and Montreal Railroad (which later became the Boston and Maine Railroad). In 1885 he began serving on the Judiciary Committee in the New Hampshire Legislature. He became President of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1896 and a member of the Republican National Committee in 1907 and 1908. He was an active member of the National Security League and the League to Enforce Peace, and he was appointed by President William Howard Taft in 1911 as a member of the International Joint Commission between the United States and Canada. In 1919 he headed an effort to reform the education system in New Hampshire, creating a statewide board of education. Streeter Hall on the Dartmouth College campus, where he served as a trustee for thirty years, was named after him in 1929.
Streeter was employed by Mary Baker Eddy to manage her legal defense and public relations at various times between 1890 and 1910, including the Josephine C. Woodbury libel suit brought against Eddy in 1899 and the well-publicized Next Friends suit of 1907. By 1907 he was also counsel for the trustees to whom Eddy had conveyed all her property. The Streeters were members of the Unitarian church, and Streeter was also a 32nd degree Freemason and member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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