Moody Currier

Moody Currier (April 22, 1806 – August 23, 1898) was an American lawyer, banker, patron of the arts, and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire.

Moody Currier
40th Governor of New Hampshire
In office June 4, 1885 – June 2, 1887
Preceded by	Samuel W. Hale
Succeeded by	Charles H. Sawyer
Member of the New Hampshire Governor's Council
In office 1860–1861
President of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1857–1857
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1856–1857
Personal details
Born	April 22, 1806 Boscawen, New Hampshire
Died	August 23, 1898 (aged 92) Manchester, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Democrat, Free Soil Party[1]
Spouse(s)	Lucretia C. Dustin; Mary W. Kidder; Hannah A. Slade
Mother	Rhoda Putney Dunbarton, New Hampshire Unmarried
Father	Moody Putney Sr
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, 1834[2]
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Moody Currier (Jr) was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA. Son of Rhoda Putney who was unmarried at his birth. His father was Moody Currier (Sr) and was never reported to have been involved in his life. Moody Currier Sr was the son of Dr. John Currier.

Currier married three times first to Lucretia C. Dustin then to Mary W. Kidder, and thirdly to Hannah A. Slade.[1]

Currier was the owner and editor of the Manchester Democrat newspaper.[1]

In 1856 to 1857 Currier served in the New Hampshire State Senate serving as President of the Senate in 1857.[3] From 1860 to 1861 Currier was on the Governor's Council.[1] Currier served as a fellow at Bates College from 1882 to 1889.[4] He was Governor of New Hampshire from 1885 to 1887.

Manchester's Currier Museum of Art is named after him and was founded based on a bequest in his will and the accompanying efforts of his third wife, Hannah Slade Currier.

Currier died in Manchester in 1898 and is buried in Valley Cemetery.

References

1. Capace, Nancy (2000), Encyclopedia of New Hampshire, Santa Barbara, California: Somerset Publishers, Inc., p. 120
2. Capace, Nancy (2000), Encyclopedia of New Hampshire, Santa Barbara, California: Somerset Publishers, Inc., p. 119
3. Jenks, George E. (1866), Political Journal for the State of The New Hampshire 1867, Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland and Jenks, p. 44
4. General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1882-1889 by Bates College Lewiston, Me, Me Lewiston, Cobb Divinity School Lewiston, Me, Cobb Divinity School, Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) Cobb divinity school, Me.) Bates College (Lewiston, Published by The College, 1915)

• History of Putney Family in America by Willis B. Putney, 1979, NH History Society Library, Concord, NH

External links

• Currier at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
• Currier Museum of Art - see especially their history page