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Frank Monroe Clark (December 24, 1915 – June 17, 2003) was a Democratic member of the
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from
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.


Early life & military service

Frank Clark was born in Bessemer, Pennsylvania. He attended the
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, and enlisted in the
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in 1942, serving in
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as a
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until discharged in 1945. Clark later became a major in the Air Force Reserve.


Public service

While still in the service, Clark was appointed as the chief of police of Bessemer, serving in that capacity until November 1954. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in
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. He was elected as a Democrat in 1954 to the
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, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman
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, and was re-elected to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation on December 31, 1974, following his defeat in the 1974 election to Republican Gary A. Myers. After his loss to Myers, Clark continued to send massive amounts of mail to his former constituents stating they were from 'your Congressman Frank M. Clark' when he had been out of office for five months. Clark won only 34 of 244 votes for the post of Clerk of the House. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion on February 13, 1979. He was unsuccessful seeking re-election in
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, 1978,
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, and
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. He was a delegate to a number of conferences, including: * the
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Conference 1956–1974 * the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in
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in 1957 * the Christian Leadership for Peace Conference at
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in 1958 * the International Roads Conference in 1959 and 1962–1968. He died in
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, on June 17, 2003.Frank Clark, 87 10-term congressman had a heart for helping
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See also

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Retrieved on 2008-01-24 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Frank M. 1915 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American politicians American municipal police chiefs American people convicted of tax crimes Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Military personnel from Pennsylvania People from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud United States Air Force officers United States Air Force reservists United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II