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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRobert Douglas FRANKS
(1951-2010)
FRANKS, Robert Douglas, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Hackensack, Bergen County,
N.J., September 21, 1951; attended public schools; B.A., DePauw
University, 1973; J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1976;
newspaper owner; executive director for the New Jersey
gubernatorial election campaign of Raymond H. Bateman, 1977;
consultant to the campaign committees of United States
Representative James A. Courter of New Jersey, 1978, and Governor
Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey, 1981; campaign manager for United
States Representative James A. Courter of New Jersey, 1982, and
United States Representative Dean A. Gallo of New Jersey, 1984;
member, New Jersey state assembly, 1980-1993; chairman, New Jersey
Republican Party, 1988-1992; elected as a Republican to the One
Hundred Third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1993-January 3, 2001); was not a candidate for reelection to the
United States House of Representatives in 2000, but was an
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of New Jersey in
2000; president, Health Care Institute of New Jersey; died on April
9, 2010, in New York, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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