Thomas Frankson (September 16, 1869 – June 8, 1939) was born in
York Township, Minnesota. He was the
22nd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1917 to 1921. Frankson was a lawyer, real estate developer, and politician. He died June 8, 1939, in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 311,527, making it Minnesota's second-most populous city a ...
.
Frankson lived in
Spring Valley, Minnesota
Spring Valley is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,479 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Spring Valley was laid out in 1855, and named for a spring near the ...
before moving to St. Paul, where he developed land under the company name,
Frankson's Land Agency, and raised
bison
A bison (: bison) is a large bovine in the genus ''Bison'' (from Greek, meaning 'wild ox') within the tribe Bovini. Two extant taxon, extant and numerous extinction, extinct species are recognised.
Of the two surviving species, the American ...
. He built a home at 1349 Midway Parkway on the Western border of
Como Park in St. Paul that is referred to as the Thomas Frankson House today. He raised bison in a private buffalo pasture a few blocks West of his home near what is now Bison Street and Holy Childhood Catholic Church and School. The street to the North of Midway Parkway was named after him.
Frankson spent about $30,000 campaigning for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor.
Frankson was married to Hannah Inglebret.
In 1915, Frankson donated two bison to the
Como Zoo and Conservatory.
References
Minnesota Historical SocietyMinnesota Legislators Past and Present
1869 births
1939 deaths
Lieutenant governors of Minnesota
People from Fillmore County, Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota
People from Spring Valley, Minnesota
{{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Republican-stub