Frank Hubbard Powers

Frank Hubbard Powers (September 25, 1864 – November 15, 1920), served in the California State Assembly for the 41st district from 1895 to 1897.

He was the son of Aaron Huubard Powers (1829-1907) and Emma Louisa Sweasey (1883-1902), pioneers of the 1849 gold rush.

The Victorian house where she grew up in Sacramento was later owned by the father of journalist Lincoln Steffens, and it became the California Governor's Mansion in 1903.

[5] They were at the Thorndike Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts before they returned to San Francisco by way of Cuba and the Southern Pacific railroad.

[2][1] He was nominated by Republicans who wanted to secure the adoption of some needed amendments to the Mechanic's lien law.

[13][2][14]: p9  In April 1903, Powers wrote a letter to the editor of the San Francisco Examiner saying that he, along with William Randolph Hearst, was willing to contribute to the Fund for the Preservation of California's Landmarks.

Frank Powers and family (1905).
Carmel's Ocean Avenue (1908).
Murphey farmhouse, Carmle's first art studio