Background
McClain was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. He was the son of Francis McClain of Londonderry, Ireland and Lancaster,Pennsylvania His mother was Susan Mulhatton of Lancaster,Pennsylvania
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Frank McClain
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Education
He attended parochial schools in Lancaster,Pa and graduated from Lancaster High School Class of 1881.
Career
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Villanova University 1919. He worked as a Cattle Dealer and was instrumental in the formation of the Lancaster Live-Stock Exchange and was elected the first president Frank B. McClain married Ellen Bernardine O"Neill of Lancaster,Pa, February 14, 1888 (Valentine"s Day), they had 1 child who died in infancy.
1894 Frank B. McClain was elected as Republican to the State Legislature, House of Representatives, for the State of Pennsylvania.
Re-elected 1896, 1898, 1900,1902, 1904, 1906, 1908. Elected Speaker for the House of Representatives 1907-1909.
1910 elected Republican Mayor(24th) of Lancaster,Pennsylvania 1911 re-elected for 4 years term as Mayor.
He resigned January 6, 1915 to qualify for office of (11th) Lieutenant
Governor for the State of Pennsylvania which he was then elected to in November 1914. Some of these were: Trustee of Home for Friendless Children, Director of Lancaster Historical Society. McClain died in Lancaster, Pa after a long illness on October 11, 1925 aged 61 years old.
He is buried in Saint Mary"s Roman Catholoic Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
He was known as "The Red Rose of Lancaster" for the red rose he always wore in his lapel.(Kansas' Finest Hotel).
Membership
Vice-President of the Committee on Appropriations, he was also a member of other committees and special committees including, Ways and Means, and Corporations and Railroads. McClain was a member of several charitable and philanthropic organisations. Member of the Union League of Philadelphia,Pa, Member of the Young Republican Club, Vice-President of the Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School of Lancaster, Member of the Moose Lodge, Director of the A. Herr-Smith Library of Lancaster, Member of the Elks, Member of the American Club of Pittsburgh,Pa, Member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago, President for over 20 years of The Terrapin Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Political Party
Republican party