Frank S. Regan
{{Short description|American businessman and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Frank Stewart Regan
|image = Frank S. Regan.jpg
|caption =
| state_house=Illinois
| state=Illinois
| district= 10th
| term_start =1899
| term_end = 1900
| preceded=
| succeeded=
|birth_date ={{birth date|1862|10|3}}
|birth_place =Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date ={{death date and age|1944|07|25|1862|10|3}}
|death_place =Canton, Illinois, U.S.
|party=Prohibition Party
}}
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. He was elected from the 10th district which included Winnebago and Ogle counties in northern Illinois.{{cite book|title=Illinois Blue Book 1900-1901|page=28|access-date=August 21, 2022|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/24005}} He was the Prohibition Party's candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 1908 and Illinois Treasurer in 1930.{{cite web|url=https://www.co.adams.il.us/home/showpublisheddocument/4051/637172715457600000|title=Election Results in Adams County in 1908|access-date=August 20, 2022|publisher=Adams County Clerk}}{{cite web|url=https://ia600906.us.archive.org/15/items/officialvoteofst193038illi/officialvoteofst193038illi.pdf|title=Official Vote Totals 1930 Election|publisher=Illinois Secretary of State|access-date=August 20, 2022}} 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.'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. 16Death Takes Well-Known Rockford Man,' The Belvidere Daily Republican (Illinois), July 26, 1944, pg. 7
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|97944567}}
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Category:Politicians from Rockford, Illinois
Category:Businesspeople from Illinois
Category:Illinois Prohibitionists
Category:Illinois city council members
Category:Members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Category:1932 United States vice-presidential candidates
Category:Prohibition Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
Category:Accidental deaths in Illinois
Category:Accidental deaths from falls
Category:19th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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