Frank P. Moncure

Frank P. Moncure
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Prince William and Stafford Counties district
In office January 12, 1944 – 1959
Preceded by	Edgar R. Conner
Succeeded by	Stanley A. Owens
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Stafford and Prince William Counties district
In office January 8, 1936 – January 9, 1940
Preceded by	George W. Herring
Succeeded by	Edgar R. Conner
Personal details
Born	November 5, 1889 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1969 Stafford, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Frances E. DeLashmutt
Children	William, Grace, Thomas
Alma mater	College of William and Mary Georgetown University

Frank Peyton Moncure (November 5, 1889 – January 13, 1969), was a Virginia lawyer and politician who represented Prince William and Stafford Counties in the Virginia General Assembly for more than two decades (except during World War II).

Born in Fairfax, Virginia to physician (and former Confederate veteran) Walker Peyton Moncure (1842–1916) and his wife Mary Joanna Hughes Moncure (1852-1939) (both from long prominent northern Virginia families), Frank Moncure had several brothers and sisters. He attended the College of William and Mary and then Georgetown University.

He married Frances E. DeLashmutt (1893–1966), and their surviving children included: William Brinckloe Moncure (1914–1978), Grace DeLashmutt Moncure Carson (1916–1981), and Thomas McCarty Moncure (1920–2009).

Upon admission to the Virginia bar in 1912, Moncure opened a private law office. By 1915, he was assisting the elected Clerk of Stafford County, George W. Herring. In 1919, when Herring became a County Supervisor and was succeeded as clerk by James Ashby (1894–1950), Moncure was elected the Commonwealth's Attorney (prosecutor) for Stafford County, and won re-election in 1923. In 1927, Lawrence Robert Rose Curtis (1890–1954) defeated him (960 votes to 903), although his cousin R.C.L. Moncure Jr. was elected the County's Commissioner of Revenue (and re-elected several times, the last in 1939). Moncure was active as a Mason, and also began a school athletics program, by 1939 acquiring land and assisting the Stafford Boy Scouts who built ball fields and cabins on what was called the Stafford Athletic Club.

In 1935, Moncure won election to the Virginia General Assembly (a part-time position) to succeed Herring as the delegate for Stafford and Prince William Counties (as the district was then called). He was re-elected in 1937, but chose not to seek reelection in 1939. Thus during the World War II years, Edgar R. Conner of Prince William County held that office. Moncure ran again in 1944 and was elected delegate for both counties (the district's name changing to "Prince William and Stafford Counties"). He won re-election unopposed numerous times, but announced his retirement after the end of the 1959 session on April 4, 1959, during the state's Massive Resistance crisis as explained below.

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