George B. Francis

George Blinn Francis ( born August 12, 1883 in Cranston (now part of Providence ), Rhode Iceland, † May 20, 1967 in Boca Raton, Florida) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1917 and 1919 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Blinn Francis attended the University School in Providence. He graduated from Brown University in Providence and in 1907 at the Faculty of Law, Harvard University, 1904. His admission to the bar he received in 1907 and then began to practice in New York City. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1916, for the 65th Congress of Francis in the 18th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC was chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas G. Patten on March 4, 1917. Since he gave up for reelection in 1918, he retired after March 3, 1919 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went to New York City back to his work as a lawyer after. He was then in the years 1926 and 1927, Special Assistant United States Attorney in Minnesota. We elected him to the Board of Water Commissioners in Tarrytown, where he served as president. In October 1953, he retired and lived in Delray Beach ( Florida). On May 20, 1967, he died in Boca Raton. His body was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.