Frank P. Flint

Frank P. Flint

Frank Putnam Flint (born July 15, 1862 in North Reading , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , †  February 11, 1929 ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of California in the US Senate .

Frank Flint moved with his parents to San Francisco in 1869 , where the boy attended public schools. From 1887 he lived in Los Angeles . There he was employed as Deputy US Marshal from 1888 to 1892 ; from 1892 he worked as a civil servant in the district attorney's office. In the same year, after completing his legal education, he was admitted to the bar, after which he began to practice in Los Angeles.

From 1892 to 1893 Flint was assistant federal attorney ; a term as judge at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County followed from 1895 to 1897. Finally, he held the post of federal attorney for the southern district of California from 1897 to 1901.

On March 4, 1905, Flint was elected to the US Senate in Washington, DC , where he served a six-year term. After that he did not stand for re-election. During his tenure as Senator, he chaired the Committee on Geological Survey and the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, among other things . After retiring from the Senate, he returned to lawyer in Los Angeles. He was also active in the banking industry and in 1917 also became a member of the California State Settlement Authority.

Frank Flint died on February 11, 1929 on board a steamship on which he wanted to travel the world. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale . The city of La Cañada Flintridge in California is partly named after the former senator.

Web links

• Frank P. Flint in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank P. Flint in the database of Find a Grave (English)