Frank J. Le Fevre

Frank Jacob Le Fevre (born November 30, 1874 in New Paltz , New York , † April 29, 1941 in Atlantic City , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Jacob LeFever was his father.

Career

Frank Jacob Le Fevre was born in Ulster County about nine years after the end of the Civil War . He attended public schools and the New Paltz Normal School . Then he went to banking. In 1902 he sat in the New York Senate . During the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was he the Superintendent for the New York State Building in St. Louis ( Missouri appointed). Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the 1904 congressional elections for the 59th Congress , Le Fevre was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 24th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded George J. Smith on March 4, 1905 . He suffered a defeat in his re-election in 1906 and then left the Congress on March 3, 1907 . In 1905 he became president of Huguenot National Bank in New Paltz. After his time at the congress, he went to banking, but also fruit growing. He died in Atlantic City during World War II and was buried in Moravian Cemetery in Richmond on Staten Island .

Web links

• Frank J. Le Fevre in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank J. Le Fevre in the database of Find a Grave (English)