Frank Comstock (politician) explained

Frank Comstock
Birth Date:19 August 1856[1] [2]
Birth Place:Wilton, Connecticut, US
Residence:South Norwalk, Connecticut, US
Office:Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
Order:14th
Term Start:1889
Term End:1889[3]
Predecessor:William B. Hubbell
Successor:Edwin Wilcox
Office2:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
Term Start2:1893
Term End2: [4]
Party:Republican
Occupation:Hatter
Spouse:Sarah Berry (d. November 13, 1888)[5]

Frank Comstock (August 19, 1856 – October 6, 1914) was an American politician and one-term Republican mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1889. He was born in Wilton in 1856. He was the son of John R. Comstock and Helen Eugenia Whitney.[2] He served for three years as a Burgess of the Borough of Norwalk.[1] Comstock served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1893.[4]

In 1882, Comstock founded, along with Samuel Raymond, the Raymond & Comstock Company, a hat factory at 50 Day Street, in Norwalk.[1] [6]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sKMrAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Frank+Comstock%22+norwalk&pg=PA120 Biographical Sketches
  2. Web site: The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878. Phoenix. Stephen Whitney. 1878.
  3. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7678076/List-of-mayors-of-Norwalk-1913---present List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8BxIAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Frank+Comstock%22+norwalk&pg=PA68 Connecticut Register and Manual
  5. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/11/14/100951313.pdf New York Times - Obituary
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ax9JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UgYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6198%2C111077 The Norwalk Hour