Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1955-1956 Representative Democrat
1959 Representative Democrat
1960 Representative Democrat
1965 Representative Democrat
1966 Representative Democrat
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
1969 Representative 132 Democrat
1970 Representative 132 Democrat
1971 Representative 132 Democrat
1972 Representative 132 Democrat
1973 Representative 132 Democrat
Counties Lehigh

Biography

05/30/1904 - 04/17/1973


FRANK, Samuel W., a Representative from Lehigh County; born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., May 30, 1904; owner, Frank Trouser Co.; district manager, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; president, Allentown Recreation Commission (1950-1970); State Democratic Committeeman, Lehigh County (1952-1954); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1955 and 1957 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1956, 1960, 1962); reelected to House for the 1965 term and served 4 consecutive terms thereafter; member, State Bicentennial Commission (1969-1973); appointed, Special Committee to Investigate the Energy Crisis (1973); died while in office, April 17, 1973 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beth El Memorial Park, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 


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