Frank R. McNinch
Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Frank Ramsay McNinch (April 27, 1873 – April 2, 1950)[1] was a political figure who served as the mayor of Charlotte, as chairman of the Federal Power Commission, and as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.[2] In the 1928 presidential election, McNinch, a Democrat, supported Republican Herbert Hoover for president. After he was elected, Hoover appointed McNinch to a seat on the Federal Power Commission, leading to a split in the North Carolina Democratic Party that damaged the political fortunes of new U.S. Sen. Cameron Morrison, a friend of McNinch.[3] He was later appointed FPC chairman by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The controversial 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast occurred during his tenure as FCC head. McNinch resigned as FCC chairman on July 25, 1939, due to ill health.[4]
His home, the Frank Ramsay McNinch House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[5]
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- Charlotte-Mecklenburg website biography Template:Webarchive
- Time magazine
- Chairmen of the FPC and FERC Template:Webarchive
- Radio's War of the Worlds Broadcast
- Frank McNinch Papers: J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
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- 1873 births
- 1950 deaths
- 20th-century mayors of places in North Carolina
- Chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission
- Chairmen of the Federal Power Commission
- Mayors of Charlotte, North Carolina
- North Carolina Democrats
- Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel
- Hoover administration personnel