Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: William Pierce Frye ( September 2 , 1830 -- August 8 , 1911 ) was a United States politician from Maine .
Simplified: William Pierce Frye ( September 2 , 1830 - August 8 , 1911 ) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine .