Franklin Menges

Franklin Menges ( born October 26, 1858 in Menges Mills, York County, Pennsylvania, † 12 May 1956 Arlington, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1931 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Franklin Menges attended the public schools in York County and then the Baugher Academy Preparatory School in Hanover. In 1886 he graduated from Gettysburg College. There he taught 1886-1896 the subjects of chemistry and physics. Between 1897 and 1903 he headed the faculty at York High School. From 1898 to 1918 he also held lectures at agricultural schools in Pennsylvania and other states. He caused a soil study for the state of Pennsylvania and published several writings on agricultural topics. In 1904 he represented the Ministry of Agriculture of his state in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

Politically, Menges joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1924 he was in the 22nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Samuel Feiser Glatfelter on March 4, 1925. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1931 three legislative periods. These were shaped by the events of the world economic crisis since 1929.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Franklin Menges worked until his retirement in 1947 in agriculture. He then moved to Arlington in Virginia, where he died on 12 May 1956 at the age of 97 years. He was buried in Gettysburg.