35 Facts About Frank Hanly

James Franklin Hanly was an American politician who served as a congressman from Indiana from 1895 until 1897, and was the 26th governor of Indiana from 1905 to 1909.

Frank Hanly was the founder of Hanly's Flying Squadron, which advocated prohibition nationally and played an important role in arousing public support for prohibition.

Frank Hanly left office and the Republican Party and became an active and vocal prohibitionist.

Frank Hanly was an unsuccessful Prohibition Party candidate for President of the United States in the 1916 election.

Frank Hanly's mother taught him to read at home, even though she was blind.

Frank Hanly worked odd jobs to pay for his schooling, and often slept in barns.

Frank Hanly met Eva Augusta Rachel Simmer and the couple married in 1881.

Rabb encouraged Frank Hanly to take an active part in politics and stump in behalf of Republicans.

Frank Hanly studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1889, joining Rabb's law office in Williamsport, Indiana.

Frank Hanly practiced law with Ele Stansbury, a young lawyer who would later serve as Indiana Attorney General.

Frank Hanly was elected as a member of the Indiana State Senate in an 1889 special election to fill and empty state senate seat, defeating George W Cronk, and served there from 1890 until 1891.

Frank Hanly ran as a Republican and won election to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving from March 4,1895 to March 3,1897.

Frank Hanly launched a campaign for Republican nomination for US Senate in 1899, but was defeated in the Republican legislature vote by Albert J Beveridge.

Frank Hanly went on a speaking tour around the state to build up support for another run for office.

Frank Hanly's speeches were fiery and often quoted Abraham Lincoln.

Frank Hanly reentered politics in 1904, and won the Republican nomination for governor of Indiana.

Frank Hanly pushed for what he considered major state reforms, accomplishing many of them.

Frank Hanly crusaded against liquor, horse-racing and political corruption, even prosecuting members of his own administration for embezzlement.

Frank Hanly successfully reorganized most of the state government in an attempt to make the government bureaus non-partisan.

Frank Hanly was able to successfully achieve his goal among the state's law enforcement, correctional facilities, and state-run charities.

Frank Hanly brought considerable improvement to the state's accounting methods.

Frank Hanly required detailed expense reports to be created by all state employees seeking reimbursements, began regular audits of all spending, and with the support of the state treasurer, he began to establish new accounts by which the government could better monitor where funds were being spent, and by whom.

Frank Hanly brought suit against the corporations operating the French Lick Springs Hotel and the West Baden Springs Hotel seeking to seize their properties for profiting from illegal activities.

John Kerns, who Frank Hanly defeated for governor in 1904, represented the hotels.

Frank Hanly was most concerned about temperance and was known to support a ban on liquor.

Frank Hanly's stated reason for supporting prohibition was the effect that alcoholics had on their children.

Frank Hanly championed a bill that would allow counties to ban the sale of alcohol.

The timing of the passage of the bill caused it to become a major election issue, and Frank Hanly had robbed the Republicans of one of the primary plank of their platform and alienated progressives, costing Republicans the election.

Frank Hanly was among the first to advocate a constitutional amendment to ban the sale of liquor, and the prohibitionists rallied to that goal.

Frank Hanly was a prohibition lecturer throughout the United States from 1910 to 1920 and in France in 1919.

Frank Hanly organized the Flying Squadron of America, a temperance organization that staged a nationwide campaign to promote temperance.

Frank Hanly left the Republican party to join the new Prohibition Party following his term as governor.

Frank Hanly was later nominated to be the Prohibition Party's candidate for President of the United States in the 1916 election.

Frank Hanly won a unanimous decision issued on June 1,1920, upholding prohibition and determining that Ohio could not change their vote after the tally had already been taken among the states.

Frank Hanly is interred at Hillside Cemetery, near Williamsport, Indiana.