Frank Chelf

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Frank Chelf (1945)

Frank Leslie Chelf (born September 22, 1907 in Elizabethtown , Hardin County , Kentucky , †  September 1, 1982 in Lebanon , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1967 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Chelf attended public schools in his home country and then Center College in Danville and St. Mary's College . After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) and being admitted to the bar in 1931, he began to work in this profession in Lebanon (Kentucky). Between 1933 and 1942 he was a Marion County attorney . Between 1942 and 1944 he served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II . There he made it to major. In August 1944 he retired from military service for health reasons.

Chelf was a member of the Democratic Party . As early as 1936 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second term. In the 1944 congressional election he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Chester O. Carrier on January 3, 1945 . After ten re-elections, he was able to complete eleven consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1967 . In 1966 he was defeated by Marion Snyder of the Republican Party . His time in Congress saw the end of World War II , the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement . In addition, the Vietnam War began at that time . The 22nd , 23rd and 24th amendments to the Constitution were also ratified at that time.

After serving in Congress, Frank Chelf returned to practice as a lawyer. He died on September 1, 1982 in Lebanon and was buried there.

Web links

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