Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey

Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey (1938)

Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey (born April 26, 1891 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  July 13, 1949 there ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Dorsey attended public schools in his home country and then high schools there. He then studied until 1917 at the University of Pennsylvania . At times he was a member of the teaching staff there. During the First World War he served in the US Army between 1917 and 1919 . Since 1919 Dorsey was involved in the manufacture of steel tools. He also got into the banking industry. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1934 congressional elections , Dorsey was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Republican James J. Connolly on January 3, 1935 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1939 . 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. During Dorsey's time in Congress, other New Deal laws were passed by the Roosevelt government. In 1938 Dorsey was not re-elected. In the same year he was a member of the United States Sesquicentennial Constitution Commission .

From 1939 until his death, Frank Dorsey worked as a department head in the Federal Ministry of Labor . He died in Philadelphia on July 13, 1949.

Web links

• Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James J. Connolly	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (5th constituency) January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1939	Fred C. Gartner