Frances T. Sullivan ( Taylor) is an American politician from

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Life

She was born Frances Taylor in Volney,

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, the daughter of Elmer E. Taylor (died 1994) and Marion (Foster) Taylor (1922–2014). She graduated

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in sociology from

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. She married Eugene Francis "Pat" Sullivan Jr. (1928–1987), later a

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Justice, and they had three children, one of whom, Katherine, was married to United States Representative John M. McHugh (R-NY). Taylor worked for several local government agencies, and was at times a social service worker, an academic counselor and a probation officer. She also entered politics as a Republican.''Frances Taylor Sullivan''
at Oswego County's Guide to Government ranscribed from the ''New York Red Book''/ref> She was a member of the

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from 1991 to 2002, sitting in the 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd and

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s. She was an alternate delegate to the

1996 Republican National Convention The 1996 Republican National Convention convened at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, from August 12 to August 15, 1996. The convention nominated Senator Bob Dole from Kansas, for president and former representative and ...

References

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