Frank Thomas Shaw

Frank Thomas Shaw (born October 7, 1841 in Woodsboro , Frederick County , Maryland , †  February 24, 1923 in Westminster , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Shaw attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and his license as a doctor in 1864, he began to work in Uniontown in Maryland in this profession, which he practiced until 1873. Between 1873 and 1885 Shaw was an administrative clerk with the District Court in Carroll County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1884 congressional elections , Shaw was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Joshua Talbott on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . From 1887 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . In 1888 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Shaw served as the tax commissioner for the Maryland state government from 1890 to 1894. In 1890 he was also a member of the local House of Representatives . Between 1894 and 1898 he was in charge of customs in the port of Baltimore; from 1915 to 1921 he was a court administration advisor in Carroll County. Frank Shaw died on February 24, 1923 in Westminster, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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