Frank Horton (New York politician)

Frank Jefferson Horton ( born December 12, 1919 in Cuero, Texas, † August 30 2004 in Winchester, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1963 and 1993 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Horton attended the public schools in Baton Rouge ( Louisiana) and then studied until 1941 at the local Louisiana State University. In the years 1941 to 1945, he served during World War II in the U.S. Army. After a subsequent law degree at Cornell University in Ithaca and its 1947 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1956 and 1962 he was also president of Rochester Community Baseball, Inc, today's Rochester Red Wings. Between 1959 and 1961 he was also vice president of the International League. He also worked as a lawyer for this baseball league.

Politically, Horton joined the Republican Party. Between 1955 and 1961 he was a member of the City Council of Rochester. In the congressional elections of 1962 he was on the 36th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Taber on January 3, 1963. After 14 re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1993 a total of 15 legislative periods. He changed his constituency twice. By 1973, he was the 36th, then to 1983, the 34th and finally the 29th district in Congress. In the meantime, he was a member of the Government Operations Committee. During his time in Congress were, among others, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and in 1974, the Watergate affair. Horton was considered a more moderate Republican who belonged to the Rockefeller wing of his party.

In 1992, Frank Horton gave up another Congress candidate. He died on 30 August 2004 in Winchester, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.