Frank O. Horton

Frank Ogilvie Horton, Republican, was born in Muscatine, Iowa, October 18, 1882; attended the public schools of Muscatine; graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy, Morgan Park, Illinois, in 1899, and from the University of Chicago in 1903; came to Wyoming in 1905 and became interested in the livestock business; in 1908 established a ranch near Clearmont, Sheridan County, operating this until 1911, when he bought a ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming; trustee of the Wyoming Stock-growers Association from 1928 to date, 1940; a Spanish American War veteran; served in the Wyoming House of Representatives 1921-1923, and in the Wyoming Senate 1923-1931, serving as President of the State senate in 1931; Republican national committeeman for Wyoming 1937-1938; elected to the House of Representatives of the Seventh-sixth Congress, serving from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for same office in 1940; returned to his ranch at Saddlestring, Wyoming, where he now resides.