Frank Coombs

Frank Leslie Coombs (* December 27, 1853 in Napa, California, † October 5, 1934 ) was an American politician. Between 1901 and 1903 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also appeared in 1892 and 1893 the United States ambassador in Japan.

Career

Frank Coombs attended the public schools of his home and then the Dorchester High School in Boston. After a subsequent law studies at the Columbian University, now the George Washington University, in Washington DC and his 1875 was admitted to the bar he began to work in his birthplace of Napa in this profession. Between 1880 and 1885 he was District Attorney of Napa County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1887 and 1889, and again from 1891 to 1897 he sat as a deputy in the California State Assembly; in 1891 and 1897 he was president of this chamber. After the death of the U.S. ambassador to Japan, John Franklin Swift, Coombs was appointed his successor in Far Eastern Empire. He held between June 1892 and August 1893, a post; and was succeeded by Edwin Dun. From April 1898 to April 1899 Coombs held the office of State Librarian of California; 1899 to 1901 he was a federal prosecutor for the northern part of the State of California.

In the congressional elections of 1900, Coombs was elected in the first district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John All Barham on March 4, 1901. Since he has not been confirmed in 1902, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1903. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Coombs again practiced as a lawyer in Napa. Between 1921 and 1923, and again from 1925 to 1927 he was again a deputy in the State Parliament, California. He died on October 5, 1934 in Napa.