Frankland W. L. Miles

In 1936, Miles was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.^[4] However, at the Republican convention, supporters of defeated gubernatorial candidate Leverett Saltonstall were able to engineer his nomination for Lieutenant Governor.^[5] In 1950, Miles was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. He finished fifth in the Republican primary with 10% of the vote.^[6] In 1958 Miles was the Republican nominee for the District 1 seat Massachusetts Governor's Council.^[7] He lost to Democrat Ernest C. Stasiun 55% to 45%.^[8]

In 1920, Miles married Louise Grother of Roxbury. Louise was 16 when they met. She was the pianist at the Roxbury church and one day, "this tall lanky gentleman walked into the church and I knew he was mine." They courted for 6 years and married. They had two children, Frankland W. L. Miles, Jr. and John Grother Miles. He was a fan of the Boston Braves baseball team and played with some of the players in exhibition games.^[1] Following his retirement, Miles resident in Plymouth and Canton, Massachusetts.^[2][7] He raised his two granddaughters, Stephanie and Victoria, while living in Chestnut Hill, MA. He died on January 14, 1974, at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 76 years old.^[2]