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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Coombs, Frank Leslie
Coombs, Frank Leslie, a Representative from California; born in Napa, Napa County, Calif., December 27, 1853; attended the public schools in California; attended the Dorchester High School, Boston, Mass., and was graduated from the law department of Columbian (now George Washington) University, Washington, D.C., in 1875; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Napa, Calif.; district attorney of Napa County, Calif., 1880-1885; member of the State assembly 1887-1889 and 1891-1897 and served as speaker in 1891 and again in 1897; on the death of John F. Swift was appointed United States Minister to Japan and served from June 1892 to August 1893; State librarian of California from April 1, 1898, to April 1, 1899; United States attorney for the northern district of California from April 1, 1899, to March 1, 1901; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902; resumed the practice of law in Napa, Calif.; again a member of the State assembly 1921-1923 and 1925-1927; died in Napa, Calif., October 5, 1934; interment in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "Coombs, Frank Leslie," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1016 Original Sources, accessed July 9, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4AXVQZ1D8TD81G6.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "Coombs, Frank Leslie." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1016, Original Sources. 9 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4AXVQZ1D8TD81G6.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'Coombs, Frank Leslie' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1016. Original Sources, retrieved 9 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4AXVQZ1D8TD81G6.
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