Frank W. Fries

Frank William Fries ( born May 1, 1893 in Hornsby, Macoupin County, Illinois, † July 17, 1980 in Gillespie, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1941 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Fries attended the common schools and in Gillespie, where his family had moved in 1904. Between 1915 and 1917 he worked in the coal mines. During the final stages of the First World War, he served from April to December 1918 in the U.S. Army. In the years 1920 and 1921 he ran his own coal mine. He then worked from 1922 to 1927 in the insurance industry. Since 1930, Fries was a resident of Carlinville, where he was active in the trade. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1930 and 1934 he was sheriff in Macoupin County. From 1934 to 1936 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1936, Fries was the 21st electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Harry H. Mason on January 3, 1937. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1941 two legislative sessions. During this time, the last New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1940, Frank Fries was not re-elected. Between 1941 and 1969 he was an arbitrator in the coal industry. He died on 17 July 1980 in Gillespie.