Francis J. Myers

Francis John Myers ( born December 18, 1901 in Philadelphia, † July 5, 1956 ibid ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, representing the state of Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

After attending the public schools Myers graduated in 1923 at Saint Joseph 's College, and in 1927 at the Faculty of Law of Temple University in Philadelphia. Between these two statements, he worked as a teacher at a high school in his hometown. In 1927 he was admitted to the bar, after which he began practicing in Philadelphia.

Between 1929 and 1931 Myers acted as secretary of the District Attorney of Philadelphia; 1934 to 1935 he was a legal representative of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, before he was elected in 1937 as Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. The following year he settled in as a Democratic candidate in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1945. He renounced in 1944 for reelection, as he competed in this year by one of the two Senate seats in Pennsylvania. After successful election, he sat between January 1945 and January 3, 1951 3rd in the U.S. Senate, where he served as Whip of the Democratic Group since 1949.

After a failed re-election attempt Myers resumed his activities as a lawyer. Until his death in July 1956 he was also active as Chairman of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and as a member of the General State Authority and the Greater Philadelphia Movement.