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  Dorsey, Frank J.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameFrank J. Dorsey
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born April 26, 1891
DiedJuly 13, 1949 (58 years)
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May 03, 2009 02:42pm
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InfoDORSEY, Frank Joseph Gerard, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 26, 1891; attended grade and high schools; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1917; served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1916 and 1917; enlisted as a private in the Ordnance Department, United States Army, in July 1917 and was honorably discharged as a lieutenant on April 18, 1919; engaged in the manufacture of steel tools in 1919; also engaged in banking; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; member of the United States Sesquicentennial Constitution Commission in 1938; director, Region III, Wage and Hours and Public Contracts Division, United States Department of Labor, from 1939 until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., July 13, 1949; interment in St. Dominic’s Cemetery.

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  11/08/1938 PA - District 05 Lost 46.47% (-6.07%)
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