Franck R. Havenner

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Franck R. Havenner

| image = Franck Havenner SF Examiner 1933 Edit.jpg

| caption = Havenner in 1933

| state = California

| district = 4th

| term_start = January 3, 1945

| term_end = January 3, 1953

| predecessor = Thomas Rolph

| successor = William S. Mailliard

| term_start1 = January 3, 1937

| term_end1 = January 3, 1941

| predecessor1 = Florence Prag Kahn

| successor1 = Thomas Rolph

| office2 = Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors

| term_start2 = 1926

| term_end2 = 1936

| predecessor2 = Frank H. Harris

| successor2 = George R. Reilly

| birth_name = Franck Roberts Havenner

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|9|20}}

| birth_place = Sherwood, Maryland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|7|24|1882|9|20}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California

| resting_place = Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California

| party = Republican (until 1936), Progressive (1936–1939), Democratic (1939–1967)

}}

Franck Roberts Havenner (September 20, 1882 – July 24, 1967) was a six-term United States representative from California's 4th congressional district in the mid-20th century.

Biography

Havenner was born in Sherwood, Maryland, on September 20, 1882. He attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and Stanford University, afterwards working as a journalist in San Francisco. He was senator Hiram Johnson's private secretary from 1917 to 1921.{{cite journal |title=Federal and newspaper experience is asset |journal=San Francisco Municipal Record |date=June 1931 |volume=V |issue=4 |page=27 |url=https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscomuni19315sanf/page/n108/mode/1up |access-date=6 April 2025}}

He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1926 to 1936. In 1935, he ran for president of the Board and won. As a supervisor he fought unsuccessfully to fulfill the Raker Act of 1913 and bring public power to the City and County of San Francisco.

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Originally a Republican, Havenner was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1936 with the nominations of both the Progressive and Democratic parties against Republican incumbent Florence Prag Kahn.{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Los Angeles Times News Story on Common Sense Party |work=Ballot Access News |url=https://ballot-access.org/2022/02/04/los-angeles-times-news-story-on-common-sense-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206075939/https://ballot-access.org/2022/02/04/los-angeles-times-news-story-on-common-sense-party/|archive-date=February 6, 2022}} Re-elected in 1938 with the same nominations but reversed in their appearance on the ballot, Havenner finally re-registered as a Democrat. In 1939 (in an officially nonpartisan race), he ran unsuccessfully for mayor against incumbent Angelo Rossi.

He was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1940, and was a member of the California Railroad Commission from 1941 to 1944. He won election to Congress again in 1944, served from 1945 to 1953, and became a member of the House Armed Services Committee. In 1947, he again ran unsuccessfully for mayor. In 1952, he was defeated for re-election to Congress by Republican William S. Mailliard. After leaving Congress, he worked for the American Federation of Labor.