Frank Charles Bunnell

Frank Charles Bunnell ( born March 19, 1842 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, † September 11, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. In the years 1872 and 1873 and 1885-1889, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Bunnell attended the common schools and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston. During the Civil War he served 1861-1863 as a soldier in the army of the Union. Then he had to quit for medical reasons, military service. Between 1864 and 1869 he worked in retail. Then he moved to Tunkhannock, where he was engaged in farming and in the banking industry. For over 20 years he was chairman of the Wyoming County Agricultural Society. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1872 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet.

Following the resignation of Mr Ulysses Mercur Bunnell was in the due election for the 13 seats of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 24 December 1872. Until March 3, 1873, he could end the current parliamentary term in Congress. In 1884 he was mayor and treasurer in Tunkhannock.

In the elections of 1884 Bunnell was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington again in the 15th electoral district of his state, where he became the successor of George Adams Post on March 4, 1885. After a re-election he was able to complete two full terms of office 1889 to March 3. In 1888 he gave up another candidacy. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Frank Bunnell retired from politics. He died on September 11, 1911 in Philadelphia and was buried in Tunkhannock.