15 Facts About Frank Fitzgerald

Frank Dwight Fitzgerald was an American politician.

Frank Fitzgerald was elected as the 34th and 36th governor of Michigan and was the only Michigan governor to die in office.

Frank Fitzgerald was married on June 28,1909, to Queena M Warner and they had one child together.

Frank Fitzgerald was the father of John W Fitzgerald, a Michigan State Senator and justice of the Michigan Supreme Court as well as chief justice in 1982.

Frank Fitzgerald attended Grand Ledge High School, and received further education at the Ferris Institute in Big Rapids.

Frank Fitzgerald was deputy secretary of state from 1919 to 1923.

Frank Fitzgerald served as a delegate from Michigan to the 1924 Republican National Convention at which incumbent Calvin Coolidge was nominated for President.

Frank Fitzgerald served as a delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention, when the convention nominated incumbent President Herbert Hoover.

In 1934, Frank Fitzgerald resigned from office to run for Governor of Michigan.

Frank Fitzgerald was elected, defeating Democrat Arthur J Lacy and served a full two-year term.

Frank Fitzgerald was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention, which nominated Alf Landon, who ultimately lost to Roosevelt in the 1936 General Election.

Frank Fitzgerald's son, John Warner Frank Fitzgerald, was a Michigan State Senator and Michigan Supreme Court Justice.

Frank Fitzgerald suffered a heart attack after battling the flu and died in Grand Ledge at the age of fifty-four, only two and a half months after retaking office.

Frank Fitzgerald was the only Michigan governor to die in office and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Luren Dickinson.

Frank Fitzgerald is interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Grand Ledge, Michigan.