Frank Park

Frank Park (1920)

Frank Park (born March 3, 1864 in Tuskegee , Alabama , †  November 20, 1925 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1925 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Park attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens . Between 1882 and 1885 he worked as a teacher; from 1885 to 1889 he was employed as an engineer for the railroad. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1891, he began to work in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1891 and 1902 he was their district chairman in Worth County . He then chaired the Democratic Congressional Election Committee for the second constituency of Georgia until 1904 . From 1898 to 1913 he worked as a judge at various courts. He was also the curator of the State Agricultural and Mechanical School in Tifton from 1911 to 1915 .

After the death of MP Seaborn Roddenbery , Park was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the second seat of Georgia , where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1913. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1925 . From 1917 to 1919 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . Park's time as a congressman included the First World War and the passing of the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution .

Frank Park was no longer nominated by his party for the 1924 elections. He died just a few months after leaving the US House of Representatives on November 20, 1925 in Fort Lauderdale.

Web links

• Frank Park in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Park in the database of Find a Grave (English)