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|death_date=January 30, 2013 (aged 78)
|death_date=January 30, 2013 (aged 78)
|death_place=Midland, Texas
|death_place=Midland, Texas
|birth_place=[[Wichita Fal]], Texas, USA
|birth_place=[[Wichita Falls]], Texas, USA
|occupation=[[Oil]]man<br>
|occupation=[[Oil]]man<br>
[[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers
[[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers
L<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasweekly.com/newsletter/tw19991206.html|title="Testing the Teflon", December 6, 1999|publisher=texasweekly.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon served two terms in the legislature from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
L<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasweekly.com/newsletter/tw19991206.html|title="Testing the Teflon", December 6, 1999|publisher=texasweekly.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon served two terms in the legislature from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon was not the first Republican member of the chamber since [[Reconstruction]] but was outnumbered in his first term, 149 to 1.<ref name=uta/> By 2011, Republicans in the Texas House had reached their high of 101 members to 49 for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ramparts360.com/uncategorized/two-democrats-defections-give-republicans-supermajority-in-texas-house/|author=Sibyl West|title="Two Democrats' defections give Republicans SUPERMAJORITY in Texas House"|date=December 14, 2010|publisher=Ramparts360.com|accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref> In January 2013,the month of Cahoon's death, there were ninety-five Republicans and fifty-five Democrats in the state House; by 2019, with losses in the mid-term elections in 2018, the number dropped to eighty-three Republicans with sixty-seven Democrats.
Cahoon was not the first Republican member of the chamber since [[Reconstruction]] but was outnumbered in his first term, 149 to 1.<ref name=uta/> By 2011, Republicans in the Texas House had reached their high of 101 members to 49 for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ramparts360.com/uncategorized/two-democrats-defections-give-republicans-supermajority-in-texas-house/|author=Sibyl West|title="Two Democrats' defections give Republicans SUPERMAJORITY in Texas House"|date=December 14, 2010|publisher=Ramparts360.com|accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref> In January 2013,the month of Cahoon's death, there were ninety-five Republicans and fifty-five Democrats in the state House; by 2019, with losses in the mid-term elections in 2018, the number dropped to eighty-three Republicans with sixty-seven Democrats.
==Background==
==Background==
Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review'', 2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]] (December 2, 1859 – September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to [[General Mills]] for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahooon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review'', 2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]] (December 2, 1859 – September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahooon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor||gubernatorial]] [[nominee]] in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. Bullington, a son-in-law of Frank Kell,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor||gubernatorial]] nominee in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. A son-in-law of Frank Kell, Bullington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School] along with another future legislator, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state Senator [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School] along with another future legislator, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state Senator [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, scheduled to enroll in UT at theim in [[Abilene]].<ref name=obit/>
Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, scheduled to enroll in UT at that time in [[Abilene]].<ref name=obit/>
Cahoon was a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Hood] in Killeen, Texas, from 1957 to 1959, at which time the young couple and daughter, now Corrinne Cahoon Bowers and husband Steve of Austin, relocated to Midland.<ref name=obit/>
Cahoon was a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Hood] in Killeen, Texas, from 1957 to 1959, at which time the young couple and daughter, now Corrinne Cahoon Bowers and husband Steve of Austin, relocated to Midland.<ref name=obit/>
==Legislative politics==
==Legislative politics==
On November 3, 1964, Cahoon was the only Republican elected to the legislature despite the Johnson landslide. Cahoon lwas the only member of his party in the Texas House. Two Republican [[U.S. Representative]]s, [[Bruce Alger]] of Dallas and Ed Foreman of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]], were unseated by Democratic opponents, Earle Cabell and Richard C. White, respectively. The only Republican n a statewide office at the time was Senator [[John Tower]], of Wichita Falls and later Dallas, whose seat was not contested that year. Tower's first wife, Lou Bullington Tower (1920–2001), coincidentally, was a cousin of Orville Bullington, Cahoon's uncle by marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/tower/tower01.pdf|title=Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection, 1971|publisher=lbjlib.utexas.edu|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref>
On November 3, 1964, Cahoon was the only Republican elected to the legislature despite the Johnson landslide. Cahoon lwas the only member of his party in the Texas House. Two Republican [[U.S. Representative]]s, Bruce Reynolds Alger of Dallas and Ed Foreman of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]], were unseated by Democratic opponents, Earle Cabell and Richard C. White, respectively. The only Republican n a statewide office at the time was Senator [[John Tower]], of Wichita Falls and later Dallas, whose seat was not contested that year. Tower's first wife, Lou Bullington Tower (1920–2001), coincidentally, was a cousin of Orville Bullington, Cahoon's uncle by marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/tower/tower01.pdf|title=Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection, 1971|publisher=lbjlib.utexas.edu|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref>
When the incumbent Republican Representative William S. Davis decided not to run again in 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: William S. Davis|publisher=Lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was asked by party leaders to recruit a candidate. Ultimately, the Midland County GOP leadership urged Cahoon himself to run for the seat. Cahoon won the seat by a margin of 1,500 votes over his Democratic opponent. His legislative desk was placed in the middle of the House floor.<ref name=uta/> Cahoon served from District 77 in his first term and District 70 in the 1967–1969 session. The district is now No. 82. Cahoon was a member of the House Labor, Public Health, and Revenue and Taxation committees in both of his terms.<ref name=legis/>
When the incumbent Republican Representative William S. Davis decided not to run again in 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: William S. Davis|publisher=Lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was asked by party leaders to recruit a candidate. Ultimately, the Midland County GOP leadership urged Cahoon himself to run for the seat. Cahoon won the seat by a margin of 1,500 votes over his Democratic opponent. His legislative desk was placed in the middle of the House floor.<ref name=uta/> Cahoon served from District 77 in his first term and District 70 in the 1967–1969 session. The district is now No. 82. Cahoon was a member of the House Labor, Public Health, and Revenue and Taxation committees in both of his terms.<ref name=legis/>
He was also a member of the boards of Midland Memorial Hospital and the Museum of the Southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Cahoon_Frank_1260822600.aspx|title=Business profile of Frank K. Cahoon|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petroleummuseum.org/PDFs/2010%20profile.web.pdf|title=The Petroleum (2010 Year-End Review)|publisher=petroleummuseum.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was also active in the United Way of Midland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwmidland.org/campaign/2006/lg.html|title=United Way of Midland: Live United|publisher=uwmidland.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was an active donor to his ''[[alma mater]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsystem.edu/giving/1881MemberListing.htm|title=1881 Society Members|publisher=utsystem.edu|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> as well as the local [[community college]], Midland College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandcollegefoundation.org/connected/downloads/2010/clarion_2010spring.pdf|title=Memorials to John Mills|publisher=midlandcllegefoundation.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> He was a large donor to the Midland Young Men's Christian Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandymca.org/giving/contributors.html|title=Capital Campaign Contributors (February 9, 2005)|publisher=midlandymca.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
He was also a member of the boards of Midland Memorial Hospital and the Museum of the Southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Cahoon_Frank_1260822600.aspx|title=Business profile of Frank K. Cahoon|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petroleummuseum.org/PDFs/2010%20profile.web.pdf|title=The Petroleum (2010 Year-End Review)|publisher=petroleummuseum.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was also active in the United Way of Midland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwmidland.org/campaign/2006/lg.html|title=United Way of Midland: Live United|publisher=uwmidland.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was an active donor to his ''[[alma mater]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsystem.edu/giving/1881MemberListing.htm|title=1881 Society Members|publisher=utsystem.edu|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> as well as the local [[community college]], Midland College.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandcollegefoundation.org/connected/downloads/2010/clarion_2010spring.pdf|title=Memorials to John Mills|publisher=midlandcllegefoundation.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> He was a large donor to the Midland Young Men's Christian Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandymca.org/giving/contributors.html|title=Capital Campaign Contributors (February 9, 2005)|publisher=midlandymca.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
In 2008, Cahoon contributed $2,000 to the candidacy of Goldwater's Senate successor, [[John McCain]], the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/news/top_stories/article_d8c11078-52a0-51a0-a7cc-9395b6ca69e5.html|title=Bob Campbell, "Local McCain supporters unfold checkbooks," July 17, 2008|publisher=''Midland Reporter-Telegram''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Earlier, Cahoon had donated to McCain's failed intra-party rival, [[Rudy Giuliani]], the former [[mayor of New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/frank-cahoon.asp?cycle=08|title=Frank Cahoon: Political Campaign Contributions 2008 Election Cycle|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
In 2008, Cahoon contributed $2,000 to the candidacy of Goldwater's Senate successor, [[John McCain]], the unsuccessful Republican presidential nomineegainst [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/news/top_stories/article_d8c11078-52a0-51a0-a7cc-9395b6ca69e5.html|title=Bob Campbell, "Local McCain supporters unfold checkbooks," July 17, 2008|publisher=''Midland Reporter-Telegram''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Earlier, Cahoon had donated to McCain's failed intra-party rival, [[Rudy Giuliani]], the former [[mayor of New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/frank-cahoon.asp?cycle=08|title=Frank Cahoon: Political Campaign Contributions 2008 Election Cycle|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon died at his home early in 2013 at the age of seventy-eight. His services were held in the First Presbyterian Church of Midland; he was cremated.<ref name=obit/>
Cahoon died at his home early in 2013 at the age of seventy-eight. His services were held in the First Presbyterian Church of Midland; he was cremated.<ref name=obit/>