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Frank Henry Cooney | |
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9th Governor of Montana | |
In office March 13, 1933 – December 15, 1935 | |
Lieutenant | Tom Kane Ernest T. Eaton Elmer Holt |
Preceded by | John E. Erickson |
Succeeded by | Elmer Holt |
11th Lieutenant Governor of Montana | |
In office January 5, 1933 – March 13, 1933 | |
Governor | John E. Erickson |
Preceded by | Frank A. Hazelbaker |
Succeeded by | Tom Kane |
Personal details | |
Born | (1872-12-31)December 31, 1872 Norwood, Ontario, Canada |
Died | December 15, 1935(1935-12-15) (aged 62) Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Frank Henry Cooney (December 31, 1872 – December 15, 1935) was the ninth Governor of Montana from 1933 to 1935.
Biography
Cooney was born in Norwood, Ontario, Canada, and received a limited education in Catholic Schools. He dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and worked as a delivery boy in a grocery store and for a short time, he tried working with his father in the nursery business. He married to Emma May Poindexter Cooney on December 27, 1899, and the couple had six children, Francis H, John Phillip, Mary Margaret, Walter Poindexter, and twins, Tyler Thompson and Virginia Elizabeth.
Career
Cooney moved to Butte, Montana in July, 1891, and found employment in a grocery store. He then found a position in the wholesale department of the Davidson Grocery Company.
In 1894, Cooney and his brother, Howard C. Cooney, started the firm of Cooney Brothers. Later it was incorporated under the name of Cooney Brokerage company, a success from the beginning. The company continued to expand with the additions of livestock and agricultural holdings. He was public administrator for Silver Bow County, Montana from 1898-1900.
Elected lieutenant governor in 1932, Cooney served until March 13, 1933, when he assumed the duties of Governor John Edward Erickson, who resigned so that Cooney could appoint him to Thomas J. Walsh's senate seat after Walsh's untimely death. Cooney is credited for reforming the state liquor laws and establishing a water conservation program.
Death
Cooney died, while holding the office of Governor on December 15, 1935, of heart failure and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Elmer Holt. He is interred at Saint Mary Cemetery in Missoula, Montana.
References
- "Former State Governors". www.netstate.com. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- "Frank Henry Cooney". Find A Grave. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- "Frank H. Cooney". Silver Bow Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- "Frank H. Cooney". National Governors Association. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- "Frank H. Cooney". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- "Frank Henry Cooney". Find A Grave. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
External links
- State of Montana profile
- National Governors Association biography
- The Political Graveyard
- Silver Bow Genealocy Trails
- Frank Henry Cooney at Find a Grave
Political offices | ||
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Preceded byFrank A. Hazelbacker | Lieutenant Governor of Montana 1933 |
Succeeded byTom Kane |
Preceded byJohn E. Erickson | Governor of Montana 1933–1935 |
Succeeded byElmer Holt |
Governors of Montana | ||
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Territorial (1864–1889) | ||
State (since 1889) |
- 1872 births
- 1935 deaths
- Lieutenant Governors of Montana
- Governors of Montana
- Montana Democrats
- People from Peterborough County
- Politicians from Butte, Montana
- Businesspeople from Montana
- American people of Irish descent
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Canadian expatriates in foreign political positions
- Democratic Party state governors of the United States
- Canadian people of Irish descent