Frank Sorrell

James Franklin "Frank" Sorrell (June 22, 1894 August 20, 1964) He also ran unsuccessfully three times for Governor of Nebraska and once for Nebraska Lieutenant Governor.

Early life Sorrell was born on June 22, 1894, to Chalmer and Mary Sorrell In 1914 at age 20, he came to Nebraska and farmed in Otoe County. Sorrell was then reelected to the Nebraska Legislature three times, serving eight years in total from 1939 to 1947.

In 1946, after Nebraska Governor Dwight Griswold decided to run for US Senate, Sorrell sought the governorship of Nebraska. He won the Democratic primary but lost the general election to Val Peterson. Sorrell challenged Peterson again in 1948 to be Nebraska governor after winning an uncontested primary but lost again.

Sorrell tried once again to run for governor of Nebraska by attempting to unseat Republican incumbent governor Victor E. Anderson in the 1956 Nebraska gubernatorial election but lost once again, though he captured the highest vote share of any of his three campaigns for governor.

In 1964, Sorrell once again sought a seat in the Nebraska Legislature. but he died just over two months before the general election.