Frank S. Regan
Frank Stewart Regan (October 3, 1862–July 25, 1944) was an American businessman and politician.
Biography[]
Regan was born in Rockford, Illinois and graduated from Rockford High School. He was involved with the Rockford Abstract Company. Regan served on the Rockford City Council. Regan served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1899 and 1900 and was elected on the Prohibition Party ticket. Regan was the first individual to be elected to a state legislature on the Prohibition Party ticket. He served as the vice-president nominee on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1932 United States presidential election. Regan died in Canton, Illinois, from a skull fracture, after falling in a bathtub at his son's home.[1][2][3]
Notes[]
- ^ 'Official Directory of the Forty-Fourth Illinois General Assembly-Session of 1899,' J. L. Pickering-editor, Illinois State Register, Springfield, Illinois: 1899, Biographical Sketch of Frank Regan, pg. 24
- ^ 'Frank S. Regan,' Freeport Journal-Standard (Illinois), July 27, 1944, pg. 16
- ^ Death Takes Well-Known Rockford Man,' The Belvidere Daily Republican (Illinois), July 26, 1944, pg. 7
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