Frank A. McLain

Frank Alexander McLain (born January 29, 1852 in Gloster , Amite County , Mississippi , † October 10, 1920 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1898 and 1909 he represented the fifth and seventh constituencies of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank McLain attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford after primary school until 1874 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Liberty . Politically, McLain was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1881 and 1883 he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives . From 1883 to 1896, McLain worked as a district attorney and then again as a private lawyer. In 1890 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Mississippi Constitution.

After the death of Congressman William F. Love , McLain was elected in the due by-election in the fifth district of Mississippi as his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington . There he ended the current legislative period of his predecessor until March 3, 1897. McLain was confirmed in the following regular congressional elections. So he could represent the fifth district in Congress until March 3, 1903 . Since the elections of 1902, he ran in the seventh district. He represented this until March 3, 1909 in Congress. He was a member of the House of Representatives from December 12, 1898 to March 3, 1909.

After his time in Washington, Frank McLain was employed at the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1910 to 1912 ( State Supreme Court Commissioner ). He died in his birthplace Gloster in October 1920 and was buried there.

Web links

• Frank A. McLain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank A. McLain in the database of Find a Grave (English)