Representative Frank Ogilvie Horton

Frank Ogilvie Horton served as a Representative from Wyoming in the United States Congress from 1939 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, Frank Ogilvie Horton contributed to the legislative process during 1 term in office.

Frank Ogilvie Horton’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Frank Ogilvie Horton participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Frank Ogilvie Horton (October 18, 1882 – August 17, 1948) was a United States representative from Wyoming. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he attended the public schools, graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy (in Illinois) in 1899 and from the University of Chicago in 1903. During the Spanish–American War he served as a private in Company C, Fiftieth Iowa Regiment in 1898; he moved to Saddlestring, Wyoming, in 1905 and engaged in livestock raising. He was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923, and served in the Wyoming State Senate from 1923 to 1931, being its president in 1931. Horton was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1928 and 1936, and was a Republican National committeeman from 1937 to 1948. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, serving from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress, and resumed his former pursuits in Saddlestring as the Owner and operator of the HF Bar Ranch. He died in Sheridan, Wyoming; interment was in Willowgrove Cemetery, Buffalo, Wyoming.