Frank H. Foss

Frank Herbert Foss ( born September 20, 1865 in Augusta, Maine, † February 15, 1947 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1935 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Foss attended the public schools of his home and then to 1886 the Kent Hill Seminary. Since 1893 he lived in Fitchburg. Then he began to operate in the construction industry. He worked for a company that built industrial plants. He was also active in banking. Between 1906 and 1912, Foss sat in the council of Fitchburg. From 1913 to 1915 he was water commissioner of the city; Finally, he served there 1917-1920 as mayor. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. From 1915 to 1946 he was a member of the State Board. During the same period he was a delegate at all regional party conferences in Massachusetts. In the years 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the state Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1924, Foss was the third electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Calvin Paige on March 4, 1925. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1935 five legislative sessions. Since 1933, the first of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which Foss's party faced a rather negative.

In 1934, Frank Foss was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he returned in the construction industry. He died on February 15, 1947 in Fitchburg.