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F Merriam CA






28th Governor of California
Political Party Republican
Term June 2, 1934 - January 2, 1939  (68-73)
Lieutenant Governor George J. Hatfield  1935-1939
Predecessor James Rolph
Successor Culbert Olson



Full Name Frank Finley Merriam
Birth

December 22, 1865

Hopkinton, Iowa

Father Henry Clay Merriam  (1838-1924)
Mother Anna Elizabeth Finley  (1843-1909)
Brothers

Robert Marshall Merriam  (1867-1934)

Henry Clay Merriam Jr.  (1878-1940)

Sisters

Edith Merriam  (1869-1888)

Susan Merriam  (1872-1963)

Jennie Merriam  (1874-1877)

Zella Merriam Wilson  (1876-1959)

Minnie Merriam  (1880-1882)

Jean Merriam Nash  (1882-1952)

Anna Ethel Merriam  (1884-1957)

Florence Merriam  (1889-1890)

Alma Mater Lenox College  (1888)
Occupation

31st Lieutenant Governor of California  (1931-1934)

California State Senator  (1929-1931)

Member of the California State Assembly  (1916-1926)

Iowa State Auditor  (1898-1903)

Member of the Iowa State House of Representatives  (1896-1898)

Newspaper Editor

School Teacher

Death

April 25, 1955

Long Beach, California

(89 years)



Marriages
Elnora Nancy Hitchcock  (1867-1951)

Married July 10, 1889

Divorced 1900

(11 years)

Mary Ella Bronson  (1853-1931)

Married December 1, 1901

Widowed July 2, 1931

(29 years)

Jessie Stewart Millisack Lipsey  (1869-1948)

Married January 25, 1936

Widowed July 13, 1948

(12 years)



Children

Frank Howard Merriam

(m.1915 Hazel Noblet)

Born 1890

Died 1943

(53 years)

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