Francis Grant Higgins (December 28, 1864 – October 15, 1905) was an American football player, lawyer and politician.

He was the son of Julia Grant and Christopher Powers Higgins (1830–1889), an early Montana pioneer and the founder of the city of Missoula.

[2] In the late 1880s, he gave up the practice of law to become president of the Higgins Bank in Missoula.

[5] During the Spanish–American War, Higgins served two years as a captain in Company F of the United States volunteers.

[7][8] After suffering a relapse, he was taken to Portland in the hope that "the climatic conditions would help to remove the severe strain to his nervous system.

"[3] At the time of his death, the Anaconda Standard published extensive tributes to the late lieutenant governor.