Frank Truscott
Frank Truscott | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office October 13, 1953 – January 18, 1955 | |
| Governor | John Fine |
| Preceded by | Robert Woodside |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Cohen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1894 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 1969 (aged 75) Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Frank F Truscott (October 2, 1894 – December 1969) was an American attorney. He was an Attorney General of Pennsylvania and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. He was born to a wealthy horse breeding family and long considered himself to be a gentleman farmer.[1] He graduated with a law degree from Lafayette College in 1917. He was the longtime City Solicitor of Philadelphia and a key fixture in the last days of the city's dying Republican machine; he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1940.[2] In 1953, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the attorney general's office; he did not run for a full term, but instead sought the position of lieutenant governor in 1954. From 1953 to 1969 he was a trustee of his alma mater, Lafayette College.[3]
Truscott was an outspoken opponent of Communism. He was involved in the circulation of a McCarthyist loyalty oath while serving as attorney general. In 1956, he was a prosecutor on the case against communist organizer Steve Nelson.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society". Newton Square Historical Society. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Independence National Historical Park Advisory Commission". www.ushistory.org. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Gendebien, Albert W. (1986). The Biography of a College: A History of Lafayette College 1927 - 1978. Easton, PA: Lafayette College.