Frank Coombs

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Frank Coombs

Frank Leslie Coombs (born December 27, 1853 in Napa , California , †  October 5, 1934 ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1903 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives . He was also the United States Ambassador to Japan in 1892 and 1893 .

Career

Frank Coombs attended the public schools of his home country and then Dorchester High School in Boston . After a subsequent law degree at Columbian University , now George Washington University , in Washington, DC and his admission to the bar in 1875, he began to work in this profession in his birthplace, Napa. Between 1880 and 1885 he was a district attorney in Napa County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1887 and 1889 and again from 1891 to 1897 he was a member of the California State Assembly ; in 1891 and 1897 he was President of this Chamber. After the death of the US envoy to Japan, John Franklin Swift , Coombs was appointed his successor to the Far Eastern Empire. He held this post between June 1892 and August 1893; he was succeeded by Edwin Dun . From April 1898 to April 1899, Coombs held the office of State Librarian of California ; from 1899 to 1901 he was a federal attorney for the northern district of California.

In the 1900 congressional election , Coombs was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of California, where he succeeded John All Barham on March 4, 1901 . Since he was not confirmed in 1902, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1903 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Coombs practiced again as a lawyer in Napa. Between 1921 and 1923 and again from 1925 to 1927 he was again a member of the California state parliament. He died in Napa on October 5, 1934.

Web links

  • Frank Coombs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Coombs, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coombs, Frank Leslie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Napa , California
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1934
Place of death Napa , California