| Office: | Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission |
| Predecessor: | Anning S. Prall |
| President: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Successor: | James Lawrence Fly |
| Office2: | Chairman, Federal Power Commission |
| Predecessor2: | George Otis Smith |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Successor2: | Clyde L. Seavey |
| Birth Name: | Frank Ramsay McNinch |
| Birth Date: | April 27, 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Term Start: | October 1, 1937 |
| Term End: | July 25, 1939 |
| Term Start2: | July 19, 1933 |
| Term End2: | September 30, 1937 |
| Office3: | Member of the Federal Power Commission |
| President3: | Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Term3: | December 27, 1930 - June 22, 1934 |
| Preceded3: | position established |
| Office4: | Mayor of Charlotte |
| Term Start4: | 1917 |
| Term End4: | 1920 |
| Predecessor4: | Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick |
| Successor4: | John M. Wilson |
Frank Ramsay McNinch (April 27, 1873 – April 2, 1950) was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] He was a political figure who served as the mayor of Charlotte, as chairman of the Federal Power Commission, and as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.[2] In the 1928 presidential election, McNinch, a Democrat, supported Republican Herbert Hoover for president. After he was elected, Hoover appointed McNinch to a seat on the Federal Power Commission, leading to a split in the North Carolina Democratic Party that damaged the political fortunes of new U.S. Sen. Cameron Morrison, a friend of McNinch.[3] He was later appointed FPC chairman by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The controversial 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast occurred during his tenure as FCC head. McNinch resigned as FCC chairman on July 25, 1939, due to ill health.[4]
His home, the Frank Ramsay McNinch House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[5]
J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte