Frank C. Osmers

Frank C. Osmers

Frank Charles Osmers Jr. (born December 30, 1907 in Leonia , New Jersey , †  May 21, 1977 in Tenafly , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1943 and again from 1951 and 1965 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Osmers attended the common schools and then the Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). After that he worked as a jeweler. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1930 and 1934 Osmers was a member of the Haworth parish council ; from 1935 to 1936 he was mayor of this place. He then sat from 1935 to 1936 as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly .

In the 1938 congressional election , Osmers was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded the late Edward Aloysius Kenney on January 3, 1939 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1943 . By 1941, further New Deal laws were passed there by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II . Osmers volunteered for the armed forces while he was a member of Congress. He graduated from an infantry school and became a lieutenant in the United States Army . However, as long as he was a congressman, he was not used in the military, according to a presidential order. In 1942, Osmers decided not to run for another Congress.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, he took part in the Second World War as an infantry officer between 1943 and 1946. He was used in the Pacific region. He then remained as a major member of the military reserve. After the war, Osmers continued his previous business activities. He also got into the insurance industry and the publishing business. After the resignation of MP Harry Lancaster Towe , who had succeeded him in 1943, Osmers was re-elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1951. After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1965. During this time the Cold War , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement fell . In addition, the Vietnam War began at that time . The 23rd and 24th amendments were also ratified.

In 1964 and 1966 Osmers competed unsuccessfully for his membership in or his return to Congress. From 1968 to 1970 he was District Administrator ( Executive Administrator ) in Bergen County . He then worked in Englewood in the real estate industry. He died on May 21, 1977 in Tenafly and was buried in Englewood.

Web links

• Frank C. Osmers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank C. Osmers in the database of Find a Grave (English)