Frank Buchanan (December 1, 1902 – April 27, 1951) was an American educator and businessman who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1951.

Buchanan was elected as a Democrat to the 79th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel A. Weiss.

Rumely and Patterson refused asserting that revealing contributors or the names of people who purchased books would intimidate potential financial supporters.

[2] When a federal court convicted Rumely on the contempt charge, a major backlash against the Buchanan Committee’s investigation was already underway.

Hoiles said that the “issue involved is a constitutional right of any American to buy and sell reading matter without governmental interference and intimidation.” Rumely appealed his conviction and eventually prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v.