Samuel W. Frank | |
State House: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 132nd |
Term Start: | January 7, 1969 |
Term End: | April 17, 1973 |
Predecessor: | District created |
Successor: | Kurt Zwickl |
State House2: | Pennsylvania |
District2: | Lehigh County |
Term Start2: | 1955 |
Term End2: | 1968 |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1904 |
Birth Place: | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania[1] |
Death Date: | [2] |
Party: | Democratic |
Samuel W. Frank (May 30, 1904 – April 17, 1973) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3]
Born on May 30, 1904, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,[4] Samuel W. Frank was the owner of the Frank Trouser Co. and a district manager for Sears, Roebuck & Co.[5]
A Democrat, Frank served as president of the Allentown Recreation Commission from 1950 to 1970, and as State Democratic Committeeman for Lehigh County from 1952 to 1954. Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for its 1955 and 1957 terms, he was unsuccessful in reelection campaigns during 1956, 1960, and 1962, but was reelected to the House for its 1965 term. He then served four consecutive terms, but did not complete his final term.[6]
A sitting member of the Pennsylvania House, Frank died in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 1973.[7]