Frank Bissell was born on the family farm in Cass County, Iowa on 12 January 1878.
He was a farmer and laborer until June 1905, when he moved to Dexter, Iowa, and began working in agricultural real estate.
[1][2] He was elected to a single term on the Iowa Senate in 1928, as a Republican representing District 17, which at the time included Dallas, Guthrie and Audubon counties.
[2][3] After serving as a state senator for four years, he moved to Creston in 1936, and later retired from real estate.
He died at Friendship Manor, a nursing home in Grinnell, on 23 June 1970.