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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyFrank William TOWEY, Jr.
(1895-1979)
TOWEY, Frank William, Jr.,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November 5, 1895; attended Manresa Hall Grammar
School and St. Peters High School, Jersey City, N.J.; was graduated
from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., in 1916 and from the law
department of Fordham University, New York City in 1919;
commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry, United States
Army, in September 1918, and served until honorably discharged in
January 1919; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced
practice in Newark, N.J.; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth
Congress; resumed the practice of law; member of State of New
Jersey Selective Appeal Board from October 1940 to April 1947;
assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, Department
of Justice, at New York City, 1943-1955; resided in Caldwell, N.J.;
died in Montclair N.J., September 4, 1979; interment in Acacia
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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