1. Frank Frantz was an American Rough Rider and politician who served as the seventh and final governor of Oklahoma Territory.
22 Facts About Frank Frantz
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On May 7,1872, Frank Frantz was born in Roanoke, Illinois, the son of Henry J and Maria Frantz.
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On May 1,1898, at the age of 26, Frank Frantz enlisted in the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, which the American press called the Rough Riders.
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Frank Frantz immediately took over the command and led the company to a successful charge up Kettle and San Juan Hills.
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On June 20,1900, Frank Frantz was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Enid Lodge No 80.
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Frank Frantz was a Knight Templar of the York Rite of Freemasonry, as his Templar sword is currently displayed in the Senate Lounge inside the Oklahoma Capitol building.
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Frank Frantz would serve in this post for another two years, when Roosevelt appointed him Indian Agent of the Osage Agency at Pawhuska.
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Roosevelt again demonstrated his friendship with Frank Frantz by elevating him to the governorship of Oklahoma Territory.
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Frank Frantz assumed the office on January 5 and would be inaugurated on January 16,1906, being the seventh and youngest governor to serve in the Territory's history.
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Governor Frank Frantz assumed control of the Territory during a time when the citizens of the Territory were seeking statehood.
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However, Frank Frantz would do many beneficial things for the would-be state.
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Governor Frank Frantz made an invaluable contribution to the future of Oklahoma's educational system.
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Immediately upon coming into office, Governor Frank Frantz discovered that oil companies were drilling on land reserved for public buildings after statehood in Pawnee County without obtaining permission.
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Frank Frantz immediately took steps to obtain the remaining amount of land in No Man's Land, what would become the Panhandle of modern Oklahoma.
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Frank Frantz leased the land to Oklahoma's farmers, earning the new state millions in revenue.
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Frank Frantz would accept Haskell's challenge to joint public discussions throughout the state, and every problem concerned with the administration of the new state came up and was debated during the campaign.
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Frank Frantz lost the race to Haskell on September 17,1907.
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In 1915, Frank Frantz returned to Oklahoma to live in Tulsa, becoming the head of the Land Department of the Cosden Oil Company.
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Frank Frantz then spent time working in the oil royalty business.
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Frank Frantz made an unsuccessful attempt to reenter politics, running to serve as the Congressman representing Oklahoma's First Congressional District in 1932.
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At the age of 68, overcome with health issues, Frank Frantz lost consciousness on March 8,1941, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
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Frank Frantz was transported to back to Tulsa where, on March 9,1941, he died in his own home.