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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriNathan FRANK
(1852-1931)
FRANK, Nathan, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Peoria, Ill., February 23,
1852; attended the public schools of Peoria and St. Louis and
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; was graduated from Harvard
Law School in 1871; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in St. Louis in 1872; unsuccessfully contested the election of John
M. Glover to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886; elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); declined
to be a candidate for renomination in 1890; founder and owner of
the St. Louis Star; delegate to the Republican National Convention
in 1896; vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St.
Louis in 1904; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United
States Senator in 1910, 1916, and 1928; retired from the active
practice of law; died at St. Louis, Mo., April 5, 1931; interment
in Mount Sinai Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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