Frank Merriam

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)