Frank Robert Gooding, served from 1921 to 1928

Frank Robert Gooding was born in Tiverton, England, on September 16, 1859. He immigrated in 1867 to the United States with his parents, who settled on a farm near Paw Paw, Michigan. He attended the common schools and moved to Shasta, California in 1877 to be engaged in farming and mining.

He moved to Idaho in 1881, and settled in Ketchum, where he worked as a mail carrier. He was subsequently engaged in the firewood and charcoal business. In 1888, he settled near the present site of Gooding, which is named for him. He engaged in farming and stock raising.

He was a member of the Idaho State Senate from 1900 until 1904. He served as Governor of Idaho from 1905-1908. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the United States Senate.

He was elected as a Republican in 1920 to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1921. He was subsequently appointed to the Senate on January 8, 1921, to become effective January 15, 1921, to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1921, caused by the resignation of John F. Nugent.

He was re-elected in 1926, and served from January 15, 1921, until his death in Gooding, Idaho on June 24, 1928. He was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.

Bibliography

U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for Frank Gooding. 70th Cong., 2nd sess., 1928-1929.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1929. 

Photos provided by the Idaho State Historical Society.  Biographical information compiled by Congressional Research Service.