Frank R. Devlin

{{Short description|American politician (1867–1945)}}

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| name = Frank R. Devlin

| image = Frank Raymond Devlin.png

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| birth_name = Frank Raymond Devlin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|10|27}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|08|25|1867|10|27}}

| death_place = Berkeley, California, United States

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| other_names =

| occupation = Lawyer, politician

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| party = Republican

| state_assembly = California

| district = 20th

| term = January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909

| preceded = W. S. Killingsworth

| succeeded = John Roche Cronin

}}

Frank Raymond Devlin (October 27, 1867 – August 25, 1945) was a Canadian-American lawyer and politician.

Biography

Frank R. Devlin was born in Windsor, Ontario on October 27, 1867, and grew up in Vallejo, California.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKdDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA484 |title=California Blue Book |publisher=California Secretary of State |page=484 |year=1915 |access-date=2020-07-06 |via=Google Books}}

He was elected to the California State Assembly{{cite web|title=Frank Devlin|url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/12623|website=joincalifornia.com}} in 1904, serving for two terms.{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54859654/senators-and-assemblymen/ |title=Senators and Assemblymen |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |page=3 |date=1904-11-16 |access-date=2020-07-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}

He was appointed to the California Board of Railroad Commissioners by Governor Hiram Johnson on January 3, 1915.

He died at his home in Berkeley on August 25, 1945.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54858137/attorney-devlin-dead/ |title=Attorney Devlin Dead |newspaper=Hanford Sentinel |location=Berkeley |agency=UP |page=7 |date=1945-08-27 |access-date=2020-07-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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