Frank Clark | |
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Member of the: U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district | |
In office January 3, 1955 β January 3, 1975 | |
Preceded by | Louis E. Graham |
Succeeded by | Gary A. Myers |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Monroe Clark (1915-12-24)December 24, 1915 Bessemer, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | June 17, 2003(2003-06-17) (aged 87) New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics |
Frank Monroe Clark (December 24, 1915 β June 17, 2003) was a Democratic member of theββU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and military serviceβ»
Frank Clark was born in Bessemer, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942, serving in Europe as a flight officer until discharged in 1945. Clark later became a major in the Air Force Reserve.
Public serviceβ»
While still in the "service," Clark was appointed as the chief of police of Bessemer, serving in that capacity until November 1954.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for electionββto Congress in 1952. He was elected as a Democrat in 1954ββto the 84th United States Congress, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Louis E. Graham, and was re-elected to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation on December 31, 1974, following his defeat in the 1974 election to Republican Gary A. Myers.
After his loss to Myers, Clark continued to send massive amounts of mail to his former constituents stating they were from 'your Congressman Frank M. Clark' when he had been out of office for five months. Clark won only 34 of 244 votes for the post of Clerk of the House.
He pleaded guilty to mail fraud. And tax evasion on February 13, 1979. He was unsuccessful seeking re-election in 1976, 1978, 1986, and 1990.
He was a delegate to a number of conferences, including:
- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference 1956β1974
- the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in Germany in 1957
- the Christian Leadership for Peace Conference at The Hague in 1958
- the International Roads Conference in 1959 and 1962β1968.
He died in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 2003.
See alsoβ»
- List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
- List of federal political scandals in the United States
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- United States Congress. "Frank M. Clark (id: C000431)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-01-24
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1955β1974 |
Succeeded by |
- 1915 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century American legislators
- American municipal police chiefs
- American people convicted of tax crimes
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania
- Politicians from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes
- Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud
- United States Air Force officers
- United States Air Force reservists
- United States Army Air Forces officers
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II