Francis J. Myers

Francis J. Myers

Francis John Myers (* 18th December 1901 in Philadelphia , † 5. July 1956 ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of the state of Pennsylvania of both chambers of the US Congress represented.

After attending public schools, Myers graduated from Saint Joseph's College in 1923 and from the Law School of Temple University in Philadelphia in 1927 . Between those two degrees, he was a teacher at a high school in his hometown. In 1927 he was inducted into the bar, after which he began to practice in Philadelphia.

Between 1929 and 1931, Myers served as secretary to the Philadelphia District Attorney; from 1934 to 1935 he was the legal representative of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation before he was elected Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 1937 . In the following year he moved as a Democratic candidate to the US House of Representatives , to which he was a member from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1945. He decided not to run again in 1944, as he ran for one of the two Senate seats in Pennsylvania that year . After a successful election, he sat between January 3, 1945 and January 3, 1951 in the US Senate, where he served as Whip of the Democratic Group from 1949 .

After a failed re-election attempt, Myers resumed his practice as a lawyer. Until his death in July 1956, he was also chairman of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and a member of the General State Authority and the Greater Philadelphia Movement .

Web links

• Francis J. Myers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis J. Myers in the database of Find a Grave (English)