Frank Coombs
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's1st district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	John All Barham
Succeeded by	James Gillett
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
In office 1899–1901
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Henry S. Foote
Succeeded by	Marshall B. Woodworth
United States Minister to Japan
In office June 13, 1892 – July 14, 1893
President	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	John Franklin Swift
Succeeded by	Edwin Dun
28thSpeaker of the California State Assembly
In office January 1897 – March 1897
Preceded by	John C. Lynch
Succeeded by	Howard E. Wright
In office January 1891 – March 1891
Preceded by	Robert Howe
Succeeded by	Frank H. Gould
Member of theCalifornia State Assembly
In office January 3, 1921 – January 5, 1931
Preceded by	Bismarck Bruck
Succeeded by	Roy J. Nielsen
Constituency	11th district
In office January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
Preceded by	Owen Wade
Succeeded by	Owen Wade
Constituency	18th district
In office January 3, 1887 – January 2, 1893
Preceded by	Henry A. Pellet
Succeeded by	Eben B. Owen
Constituency	22nd district
District Attorney ofNapa County
In office 1880–1885
Personal details
Born	Frank Leslie Coombs (1853-12-27)December 27, 1853 Napa, California, U.S.
Died	October 5, 1934(1934-10-05) (aged 80) Napa, California, U.S.
Resting place	Tulocay Cemetery
Party	Republican
Parent	Nathan Coombs (father)
Relatives	John M. Coghlan (brother-in-law)

Frank Leslie Coombs (December 27, 1853 – October 5, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as acongressman fromCalifornia from 1901 to 1903.

Frank Leslie Coombs was born inNapa, California, the son ofNathan Coombs and Maria Isabel Gordon. His maternal grandparents were William Gordon (who was a naturalized Mexican citizen originally from Ohio) and Juana Maria Lucero (who was Mexican).^[1] Coombs attended the public schools in California andDorchester High School inBoston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the law department ofColumbian University (nowGeorge Washington University Law School),Washington, D.C., in 1875.

Coombs was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Napa. He was theDistrict Attorney of Napa County from 1880 to 1885.

Coombs was a member of theCalifornia State Assembly, serving from 1887 to 1893 and 1897 to 1899, each time representing Napa County, and served asSpeaker in 1891 and again in 1897. On the death ofJohn F. Swift, he was appointedUnited States Minister to Japan and served from June 1892 to August 1893. He was the State Librarian of California from April 1, 1898, to April 1, 1899. Coombs was theUnited States Attorney for theNorthern District of California from April 1, 1899, to March 1, 1901.

Coombs was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 to March 3, 1903) from the 1st congressional district of California. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 in his redrawn district, which had been renumbered as the 2nd congressional district, losing by 49.2% to 48.3% to DemocratTheodore A. Bell.

Coombs resumed the practice of law in Napa, and was again a member of the State Assembly from 1921 to 1931,^[2] representing Napa andLake counties.

He died in Napa at age 80, and was buried inTulocay Cemetery.

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