Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Maryland, Green settled in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1833. He pursued an academic course and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin. He served as Auditor of Seneca County for six years.

Green was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He was not a candidate for renomination. He subsequently moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and served as clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 1855 to 1866.

He was the editor of The Plain Dealer 1866–1874. Green was one of the Ohio commissioners to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. He served as a state oil inspector in 1878 and 1879.

He died in Cleveland and was interred in Woodland Cemetery.^[1]

• United States Congress. "Frederick William Green (id: G000409)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Spencer, Thomas E. (1995). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, With Listings of Many Prominent People Who Were Cremated. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Co. ISBN 9780806348230.

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