Frank Lucas (Wyoming politician)

Franklin Earl Lucas (August 4, 1876 – November 26, 1948) was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Wyoming from 1924 until 1925. He was a Republican.

Franklin Earl Lucas
7th Secretary of State of Wyoming
In office January 1, 1923 – January 3, 1927
Governor	William B. Ross Himself Nellie Tayloe Ross Frank C. Emerson Leslie A. Miller
Preceded by	William E. Chaplin
Succeeded by	Alonzo M. Clark
13th Governor of Wyoming
In office October 2, 1924 – January 5, 1925
Preceded by	William B. Ross
Succeeded by	Nellie Tayloe Ross
Personal details
Born	Franklin Earl Lucas August 4, 1876 Grant City, Missouri
Died	November 26, 1948 (aged 72) Buffalo, Wyoming
Political party	Republican

He was born in Grant City, Missouri. In 1899, Lucas settled in Buffalo, Wyoming. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives and then in the Wyoming State Senate. Upon the death of Governor William B. Ross in 1924, Lucas, then serving as Secretary of State of Wyoming, was next in line of succession. He served until January 1925, when the election of November 1924 put Ross' widow, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the history of the United States in power. He ran for Governor in 1926 but was defeated in the Republican primary by Frank Emerson. Lucas died in Buffalo, Wyoming.[1]

See also

• List of Governors of Wyoming

References

1. Wyoming History-Frank Lucas