Frank P. Bohn

Frank Probasco Bohn (* July 14, 1866 in Charlottesville, Hancock County, Indiana, † June 1, 1944 in Newberry, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1927 and 1933 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Bohn attended the public schools of his home, including the high school. He then studied at the Normal College in Danville. Then Bohn was until 1890 at the Medical College of Indiana in Indianapolis. After his studies, he worked in the banking industry. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. From 1904 to 1919 he was mayor of Newberry. In this city he was from 1908 to 1914 in the school board. In the years 1923-1926 he was a member of the Senate of Michigan.

In the congressional elections of 1926, Bohn was in the eleventh electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Frank D. Scott on March 4, 1927. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 three legislative periods. Since 1929 the work of the Congress of the Great Depression was determined. Near the end of his last term of office of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in Congress.

In 1932, Bohn was a victim of the nationwide election trends in favor of the Democratic Party. He had to be their candidate Prentiss M. Brown defeated, who took Bohn's successor in Congress on March 4, 1933. Between 1935 and 1937 Frank Bohn was a member of the Hospital Commission of the State of Michigan. After that, he is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 1 June 1944 in Newberry.