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Frank Henry Cooney (December 31, 1872, Norwood, Ontario – December 15, 1935) was the ninth Governor of Montana from 1933-35.

Cooney, a businessman, was public administrator for Silver Bow County, Montana from 1898-1900. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1932. In 1933, he replaced Governor John Edward Erickson, who left office to become a United States Senator.

Cooney died in office in 1935 of heart failure. He is credited for reforming the state liquor laws and establishing a water conservation program.

References

• State of Montana profile
• National Governors Association biography

v t e Governors of Montana
Territorial (1864–1889)	Edgerton Meagher G. Smith Ashley Potts Crosby Carpenter Hauser Leslie White
State (since 1889)	Toole Rickards R. Smith Toole Norris Stewart Dixon Erickson Cooney Holt Ayers Ford Bonner Aronson Nutter Babcock Anderson Judge Schwinden Stephens Racicot Martz Schweitzer Bullock Gianforte

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