Frank N. Ikard

Frank Neville Ikard ( born January 30, 1913 in Henrietta, Clay County, Texas; † 1 May 1991, Washington, DC ) was an American politician. He represented the state of Texas as a deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Ikard attended the public school and the Schriener Institute in Kerrville. He then moved to University of Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1936 and 1937, their legal department his Bachelor of Laws. His admission to the bar he received in 1937, after which he opened a practice in Wichita Falls. During the Second World War, Ikard undertook in January 1944 in the U.S. Army and served in Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division. In Europe, he got 1944-1945 in German captivity. After that, the Purple Heart he was awarded.

After the war he worked as a judge of the 30th judicial district of Wichita Falls. From 1948 to 1949 he was chairman of the Veterans Affairs Commission in Texas. In addition, he was appointed by Governor Beauford H. Jester in November 1948 as a judge of the 30th Judicial District in 1950 and re-elected. He served until September 8, 1951 in this position.

Policy

Ikard served in 1956, 1960 and 1968 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He was also chairman of the 1960 Democratic Party congress in Texas. He was elected as a Democrat to the 82nd Congress to fill the free space that was created by the resignation of Ed Gossett. Then Ikard was elected to the 83 and the four subsequent Congresses. His tenure came on 8 September 1951 until his resignation on 15 December 1961.

During his tenure in Congress, he refused in 1956, the Southern Manifesto sign that spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. Subsequently, he was from 1962 to 1963 Senior Vice President of the American Petroleum Institute, and from 1963 to 1980 its president. Then he took his former work as a lawyer in a practice in Washington again. There he died on 1 May 1991.