On his father's side, Frank Richman was descended from German Quakers (later Methodists) who settled originally in Salem County, New Jersey.
[2][3] At a young age, Frank Richman and his family moved to Princeton, Kansas, where his father operated a general practice.
In 1892, when Frank was eleven, the Richmans moved to the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where his father opened another general practice until his retirement in 1927.
[3] Frank Richman began his higher education at Northwestern University (in Evanston, Illinois), originally planning to become a doctor like his father before discovering that he disliked working with cadavers.
He then attended Lake Forest College (in Lake Forest, Illinois), where he was a member of the school's glee club, played for the college's baseball team, worked as a chapel organist, won prizes in composition and debate, and also served as the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, the Stentor.
[3][4] Richman, a Republican, was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court and began serving on the bench in 1941,[1] succeeding Justice George Tremain.
v. Montgomery Circuit Court, which blocked Governor Ralph Gates's plans to reform state alcohol laws.
[2][3] Starting in 1944, Richman began to teach part-time at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (in Indianapolis).
They married on Christmas Eve in Studley, Kansas, on the sheep ranch owned by Edith's parents.