Frank P. Flint

Frank P. Flint

Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862–February 11, 1929) was a politician and banker. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1897 to 1901 and as a U.S. Senator from California from 1905 until 1911. He was a Republican. He served one term in the Senate and did not run for reelection.

The city of La Cañada Flintridge, California is named for him (in part), as he was a developer of Flintridge, which merged with La Cañada in the late 20th century.As Senator of California he played a great part in making the Mission style the official architectural style of government buildings in Southern California and played a major political role in bringing Owens Valley water to metropolitan Los Angeles.

On his passing in 1929, Flint was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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