Richard Graham Frost

Richard Graham Frost (born December 29, 1851 in St. Louis , Missouri , †  February 1, 1900 ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Frost attended St. John's College in New York City and then studied at the University of London in England . After a subsequent law degree at the St. Louis Law School and his admission to the bar, he began to work in St. Louis in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1876 he ran unsuccessfully against Republican Lyne Metcalfe for Congress . An election challenge was also unsuccessful.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Frost was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Missouri , where he became Metcalfe's successor on March 4, 1879. After being re-elected, he was able to complete almost two legislative terms in Congress by March 2, 1883 . When he was re-elected in 1880, his opponent Gustavus Sessinghaus had appealed against the election results. This was granted on the penultimate day of the legislative period, March 2, 1883. This meant that Richard Frost had to relinquish his mandate to Sessinghaus one day before the official end of his term of office, who then became a congressman for that one day.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Richard Frost practiced law again. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on February 1, 1900 in St. Louis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Richard Graham Frost in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Graham Frost in the database of Find a Grave (English)