Frank Starkey

Frank Thomas Starkey ( born February 18, 1892 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, † May 14, 1968 ) was an American politician. Between 1945 and 1947 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Starkey attended the public schools of his home. Between 1917 and 1933, and again from 1942 to 1944 he was a functionary of the union of the milk drivers. He joined the Farmer-Labor Party and was from 1923 to 1933 deputy in the House of Representatives from Minnesota. From 1933 to 1939 Starkey was a member of the Industrial Commission of the State of. For twelve years he served also as Vice-President of the labor movement from Minnesota (State Federation of Labor ). In the years 1939-1942 he was head of the research department. From 1942 to 1944 he led the Ramsey County Commission, which dealt with the Civil Service (Civil Service Commission ). After his party had merged in Minnesota in 1944 with the Democratic Party and has since called Democratic - Farmer-Labor Party, Starkey became its member.

In the congressional elections of 1944, Starkey was in the fourth electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Melvin Maas on January 3, 1945. Since he has not been confirmed in 1946, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1947. During this time, ended the Second World War. In the following years, Starkey has written articles for various trade magazines. From 1955 to 1965 he was employed by the labor authority of Saint Paul. In this city, Frank Starkey died on 14 May 1968.