Frank Finley Merriam (December 22 1865 – April 25 1955) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2 1934 until January 2 1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great Depression following the death of Governor James Rolph Merriam famously defeated former Socialist Party member and Democratic candidate for Governor Upton Sinclair in the 1934 general elections.
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