Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Louis Napoleon Frank

Full Name: Louis Napoleon Frank
Birth date: December 22, 1850
Death date: October 13, 1916

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/14/1892, 1st C.S.
Senate, 21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ & 20th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1887 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal .
(9) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5, "Senator Frank asked for correction of yesterday's journal, that it show he appeared and took the oath." Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. L.N. Frank, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.N. Frank, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.N. Frank, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.N. Frank, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Louis Napoleon Frank, birth date 12/22/1850 in Amite City, Louisiana; death date 10/13/1916 in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas; lawyer, practicing attorney; burial in West End Cemetery, Stephenville. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
L.N. Frank, birth date 12/22/1850, death date 10/13/1916, burial in West End Cemetery, Stephenville, Erath County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Louis Napoleon Frank, pp. 74-75. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, L.N. Frank, pp. 196-197. Born 12/22/1849 in Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, Louis N. Frank, p. 196. Born 12/22/1849 in Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Biographical sketch, p. 259, born 12/22/1849. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Biographical sketch, p. 362. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.