Frank Harris Hitchcock
Frank Hitchcock | |
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Harry New | |
Succeeded by | John Hill |
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Born | Frank Harris Hitchcock October 5, 1867 Amherst, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | August 5, 1935 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican |
Education | Harvard University (BA) George Washington University (LLB) |
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (October 5, 1867 – August 5, 1935), was chairman of
Biography
Frank Harris Hitchcock was born in Amherst, Ohio on October 5, 1867.[1]
According to historian David Leighton, "He graduated from
He is credited with establishing the first U.S.
Hitchcock managed the campaign to nominate Taft for the presidency at the 1908 Republican Convention.[4] Hitchcock's subsequent role as Postmaster General made him the main dispenser of patronage jobs for the Taft administration, giving him control over many delegates at the 1912 Republican Convention and prompting anxieties on the part of Taft and others over rumors that Hitchcock might support Roosevelt that year.[5]
Hitchcock moved to Arizona in 1928 where he invested in mining and was an owner of the Tucson Citizen.[6] He advocated the creation of Catalina Highway and Saguaro National Monument. Frank Harris Hitchcock died in Tucson, Arizona on August 5, 1935.[7]
Images
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Hitchcock with T. Coleman du Pont
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Earle Lewis Ovington in his Blériot XI
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Earle Lewis Ovington in his Blériot XI
Notes
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. pp. 412–413. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Selling the Pure Blue Sky at www.miningswindles.com
- ^ Miller, Susan. "'Don't forget about me': USPS' Operation Santa looking for donors to make magic this year". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ Bowers, Claude G., Beveridge and the Progressive Era, p.286 (New York, Literary Guild, 1932) (retrieved Dec. 25, 2023).
- ^ Pringle, Henry F., The Life and Times of William Howard Taft, Vol.2, pp.763-764 (New York, Farrar & Rinehart, 1939) (retrieved Dec. 25, 2023).
- ^ La Forte, Robert S. (February 2000), Hitchcock, Frank Harris (1867-1935), politician and postmaster general, Oxford University Press
- ^ "F. H. Hitchcock is Dead". The Kansas City Star. Tucson, Arizona. Associated Press. August 5, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.