Frank Emerson

Frank Collins Emerson

15th Governor of Wyoming
In office January 3, 1927 – February 18, 1931
Preceded by	Nellie Tayloe Ross
Succeeded by	Alonzo M. Clark
Personal details
Born	(1882-05-26)May 26, 1882 Saginaw, Michigan
Died	February 18, 1931(1931-02-18) (aged 48)
Political party	Republican
Profession	Engineer

Frank Collins Emerson (May 26, 1882 – February 18, 1931) was the 15th Governor of the US state of Wyoming from January 3, 1927 until his death on February 18, 1931.

Born in Saginaw, Michigan, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1904.

Emerson was the Wyoming State Engineer from 1919 until his election as governor. In the 1926 election for Governor, he defeated Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the United States. He died only six weeks into his second term at the age of 48.

References

Emerson at the Wyoming Archives

Political offices
Preceded by Nellie Tayloe Ross	Governor of Wyoming January 3, 1927 – February 18, 1931	Succeeded by Alonzo M. Clark

Governors of Wyoming

Territorial (1869–90)	Campbell Thayer Hoyt Hale Morgan Warren Baxter Morgan Moonlight Warren

State (since 1890)	Warren Barber Osborne W. Richards D. Richards Chatterton Brooks J. Carey Kendrick Houx R. Carey W. Ross Lucas N. Ross Emerson Clark Miller Smith Hunt Crane Barrett Rogers Simpson Hickey Gage Hansen Hathaway Herschler Sullivan Geringer Freudenthal Mead

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 75557405 LCCN: n95019874

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