Frank Truscott

Frank Truscott
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office October 13, 1953 – January 18, 1955
Governor	John Fine
Preceded by	Robert Woodside
Succeeded by	Herbert Cohen
Personal details
Born	October 2, 1894 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Died	December 1969 (aged 76) Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican

Frank F Truscott (October 2, 1894 – December 1969) was a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. He was born to a wealthy horse breading family and long considered himself to be a gentleman farmer [1]. He graduated with a law degree from Lafayette College in 1917. He was the longtime City Solicitor of Philadelphia and a key fixture in the last days of the city's dying Republican machine; he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1940 [2]. In 1953, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Attorney General's office; he did not run for a full term, but instead sought the position of Lieutenant Governor in 1954.

Truscott was an outspoken opponent of Communism. He was involved in the circulation of a McCarthyist loyalty oath while serving as Attorney General. In 1956, he was a prosecutor on the case against communist organizer Steve Nelson.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Woodside	Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1953–1955	Succeeded by Herbert Cohen
Party political offices
Preceded by Lloyd Wood	Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania 1954	Succeeded by John Walker