Frank H. Cromwell

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Frank H. Cromwell
Frank H Cromwell (1923).jpg
Cromwell in 1923
41st Mayor of Kansas City
In office
1922–1924
Preceded bySam B. Strother
Succeeded byAlbert I. Beach
Personal details
Born
Frank Houghton Cromwell

April 22, 1878
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
DiedApril 14, 1955(1955-04-14) (aged 76)
Political partyDemocratic

Frank Houghton Cromwell (April 22, 1878 - April 14, 1955[1]) was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1922 to 1924.

Cromwell was born April 22, 1878, on a farm at 39th and Harrison in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]

He was surveyor for "Tuttle & Pike, engineers." Cromwell then became a salesman for the W. I. Grush Commission Company in 1898 and later changed the name to the Cromwell Butter & Egg Company. The business would eventually fail in the Crash of 1929[3]

He was elected mayor of Kansas City in 1922 and served one two-year term.

Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
1923–1924 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.mathewscommunications.com/pafg561.htm#16348)
  2. ^ Vertical file record Missouri Valley Special Collections - Kansas City Public Library
  3. ^ A Condensed History of the Kansas City Area: Its Mayors and Some V. I. P.s. Ch. 58, pp 121-122
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