Frank Edgar Scobey

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'''Frank Edgar Scobey''' (1866–1931) was an American government official and businessman who was Director of the United States Mint from 1922 to 1923.

==Biography==

Frank Edgar Scobey was born in Miami County, Ohio on February 27, 1866, the son of William Scobey and Martha J. (Vandeveer) Scobey.<ref name="bare_url">{{Cite book|last1=Mercer|first1=James Kazerta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EhIAAAAYAAJ&q=Frank%2520Edgar%2520Scobey&pg=PA146|title=Representative Men of Ohio, 1900-1903|last2=Rife|first2=Edward K.|date=1903|publisher=J. K. Mercer|language=en}}</ref> He attended public schools in Troy, Ohio.<ref name="bare_url" />

After school, Scobey secured a position as Troy agent for Standard Oil.<ref name="Thomas">Thomas C. Harbaugh, ''Centennial History of Troy, Piqua, and Miami County'' (Chicago: Richmond-Arnwed Publishing Co., 1909)</ref> Scobey later fell ill and sold his business, spending three full years traveling to try to improve his health, wintering in Florida and Texas.<ref name="Thomas" /> He married Mayme Barrington of Covington, Ohio on May 7, 1889.<ref name="Thomas" /> He formed a livery business with his uncle, J. F. Vandeveer, in 1894.<ref name="Thomas" />

As a young man, Scobey was active in the Miami County Republican Party.<ref name="bare_url" /> In 1897, he was elected sheriff of Miami County. He was re-elected, holding office until his resignation in January 1902.<ref name="bare_url" />

A supporter of U.S. Senator Joseph B. Foraker, Scobey then became Clerk of the Ohio Senate through Foraker's influence.<ref>"Texas "Mystery Man" to Entertain Harding", ''The New York Times'', Nov. 4, 1921</ref> During this period, Scobey became a personal friend of Warren G. Harding, who was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1899 to 1903.<ref>"Texas "Mystery Man" to Entertain Harding", ''The New York Times'', Nov. 5, 1920</ref> Scobey maintained a correspondence with Harding even after Scobey moved to San Antonio in 1907 to found the Scobey Fireproof Storage Co.<ref name="Robert">Robert K. Murray, ''The Harding Era'' (Toronto: Copp Clark Publishing Co., 1969), p. 21</ref>

When Harding became President of the United States in the 1920 U.S. presidential election, he appointed Scobey Director of the United States Mint.<ref name="Robert" /> He held that office from March 1922 until September 1923.

Scobey died in San Antonio in 1931.

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