Frank H. Richards | |
State Senate: | Washington |
District: | 34th |
Term Start: | January 27, 1891 |
Term End: | January 14, 1895 |
Predecessor: | Morris McCarty |
Successor: | C. W. Dorr |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1858 |
Birth Place: | McHenry County, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Bessie Wilke |
Frank H. Richards (March 21, 1858 – November 13, 1937) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate from 1891 to 1895.[1] [2] He was named to the Senate when Morris McCarty was unseated by that same body.
Richards later served as a U.S. Marshal to the Second Judicial District of Alaska.[3] He was removed from office by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.[4] On October 8, 1903, he married Bessie Wilke, of Chicago, Illinois.[5] In November 1937, Richards was reported to be seriously ill with pneumonia. He died later that month, aged 79.[6]