Frank Lester Greene (February 10, 1870 – December 17, 1930) was a Vermont newspaper editor and militia officer.

Greene also served in the militia; enlisting as a private, by the time of the Spanish–American War he was a company commander with the rank of captain.

Long active in politics and government as a Republican, in 1912 he won a special election to complete the term of Congressman David J.

In 1924, Greene was wounded when Prohibition agents attempting to apprehend the owners of a Washington, D.C., moonshine still accidentally shot him in the head.

[2] He remained with the railroad until 1891, learning shorthand and stenography and advancing to the position of chief clerk in the general freight department.

[2] Having worked part-time as a correspondent for The Boston Globe and other newspapers beginning in 1888, in 1891 Greene made journalism his full-time career, first as a reporter for and later as editor of the St. Albans Messenger.

[2] Greene later served as adjutant of 3rd Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, with duty at Camp Thomas, Georgia and Anniston, Alabama.

[6][7] Greene was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives during the 62nd Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David J.

[14] On the evening of February 15, 1924, Greene was walking with his wife near an alley on Capitol Hill when Prohibition agents were about to arrest several men unloading a still from their car.

[15] The bootleggers ran, the agents fired their guns, and Greene was struck in the head by a stray bullet.