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Currier, Moody

educator, lawyer, banker, governor, poet, was born April 22, 1806, in Boscawen, N. H. He established the Amoskeag National bank and the Amoskeag Savings bank in Manchester, N. H. He was for several years a member of the city government of Manchester; was twice clerk of the state senate of New Hampshire; and served two terms as a state senator. He was twice a member of the governor's council; was a presidential elector in 1876; and in 1884 was elected governor of New Hampshire for two years from June, 1885.

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