Frank B. McClain

Francis Bernard McClain (April 14, 1864 - October 11, 1925) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.

McClain was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. He was the son of Francis McClain, an immigrant from Londonderry, Ireland. His mother was Susan Mulhatton of Lancaster. He attended parochial schools and graduated from Lancaster High School in 1881. He worked as a cattle dealer and was instrumental in the formation of the Lancaster Livestock Exchange, of which he was elected the organization's first president. Frank B. McClain married Ellen Bernardine O'Neill on February 14, 1888.

McClain was elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1894, and he was re-elected to seven additional terms, serving until 1910. For the 1907-1909, he was elected as Speaker of the House. In 1910, McClain chose to run in a special election for mayor of Lancaster; he was elected to this position then reelected to a full four-year term in 1911. In 1914, he was chosen by the Republican Party to serve as the running mate to gubernatorial nominee Martin Brumbaugh.^[1]

McClain died in Lancaster and is buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery. He was known as "The Red Rose of Lancaster" for the red rose he always wore in his lapel.(KFH)

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