Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was a political figure who served as the mayor of Charlotte, as chairman of the Federal Power Commission, and as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. In the 1928 presidential election, McNinch, a Democrat, supported Republican Herbert Hoover for president He was later appointed Federal Power Commission chairman by Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt.
The controversial 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast occurred during his tenure as Federal Communication Commission head
McNinch resigned as Federal Communication Commission chairman on July 25, 1939, due to ill health. His home, the Frank Ramsay McNinch House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.