Frank Gillespie

James Frank Gillespie (born April 18, 1869 in White Sulfur Springs , West Virginia , †  November 26, 1954 in Bloomington , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Gillespie attended the public schools in his home country and taught there himself in 1891 and 1892. In 1891 he was a faculty member at White Sulfur Springs High School . After studying law at Central College in Danville ( Indiana ) and being admitted to the bar in 1892, he began working in this profession in Charleston . In 1894 he moved his residence and law firm to Bloomington, Illinois. In addition, he was now also involved in agriculture. At the same time he struck a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1913 and 1914 he was an MP in the Illinois House of Representatives .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Gillespie was elected to the 17th  constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Republican Homer W. Hall on March 4, 1933 . Since he was not confirmed in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . It was there that the first New Deal laws of the federal government were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1934, Frank Gillespie applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Bloomington, where he died on November 26, 1954.

Web links

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

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