Frank Earl Herrick (1875 - 1967)

Frank Earl Herrick was an American poet, judge, and prohibitionist. A member of the student Prohibition Club while at Wheaton College, Herrick later stood as the Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large in 1934 and 1936. He had been heavily involved in Prohibition Party politics and activities for many years. In 1916 he toured the country stumping for the party's local and national candidates. The author of thousands of poems, many created for special occasions like congratulating newlyweds or soldiers, Herrick was called the "Poet Laureate of Wheaton," a title officially bestowed upon him on his seventieth birthday by the city council in 1941.