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Leach retired from journalism in 1897 to become Superintendent of the [[San Francisco Mint]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=eX0QOpl7iBQC&pg=PA1111&lpg=PA1111&dq=Frank+Aleamon+Leach+mint&source=bl&ots=W7UndOUAoG&sig=QtumQcThyQQwGpD7MxIj3G0_Kx0&hl=en&ei=ejWOTdZw5onRAfXKlbML&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Frank%20Aleamon%20Leach%20mint&f=false ''Who's Who in America'' (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111]</ref> In 1907, on the recommendation of [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] [[George B. Cortelyou]], [[President of the United States]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] named Leach [[Director of the United States Mint]] and Leach held that office from September 1907 until August 1909.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E14F93F5A12738DDDA00894DF405B878CF1D3 "Mint Director Appointed; Frank A. Leach, at Present Superintendent in San Francisco", ''New York Times'', July 9, 1907]</ref> |
Leach retired from journalism in 1897 to become Superintendent of the [[San Francisco Mint]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=eX0QOpl7iBQC&pg=PA1111&lpg=PA1111&dq=Frank+Aleamon+Leach+mint&source=bl&ots=W7UndOUAoG&sig=QtumQcThyQQwGpD7MxIj3G0_Kx0&hl=en&ei=ejWOTdZw5onRAfXKlbML&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Frank%20Aleamon%20Leach%20mint&f=false ''Who's Who in America'' (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111]</ref> In 1907, on the recommendation of [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] [[George B. Cortelyou]], [[President of the United States]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] named Leach [[Director of the United States Mint]] and Leach held that office from September 1907 until August 1909.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E14F93F5A12738DDDA00894DF405B878CF1D3 "Mint Director Appointed; Frank A. Leach, at Present Superintendent in San Francisco", ''New York Times'', July 9, 1907]</ref> |
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Frank Leach died on June 19, 1929. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland California, plot 14B. |
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Revision as of 19:39, 27 December 2011
Frank Aleamon Leach (August 19, 1846 – June 19, 1929) was a United States newspaperman who was Director of the United States Mint from 1907 to 1909.
Biography
Frank A. Leach was born in Auburn, New York on August 19, 1846, the son of Edwin Warren Leach and his wife Mary A. Leach.[1] When he was a boy, his father moved to Sacramento, California to establish a bottling plant there, and Frank and his mother later joined his father there.[2] In 1857, the family moved to Napa, California.[3]
In 1867, at age 20, Leach became a newspaper publisher when he began publishing the Vallejo Evening-Chronicle.[4] He married Mary Louise Powell in Vallejo in December 1870.[5] He published the Evening-Standard until 1886, when he moved to Oakland, California and founded the Oakland Enquirer.[6]
Leach retired from journalism in 1897 to become Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint.[7] In 1907, on the recommendation of United States Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt named Leach Director of the United States Mint and Leach held that office from September 1907 until August 1909.[8]
Frank Leach died on June 19, 1929. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland California, plot 14B.
Works
- Frank A. Leach, Recollections of a Newspaperman (1917)
- Frank A. Leach, Wild Life in California (1921)
References
- ^ Who's Who in America (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111
- ^ From Books Online
- ^ From Books Online
- ^ Who's Who in America (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111
- ^ Who's Who in America (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111
- ^ Who's Who in America (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111
- ^ Who's Who in America (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111
- ^ "Mint Director Appointed; Frank A. Leach, at Present Superintendent in San Francisco", New York Times, July 9, 1907
