Nathan Frank (February 23, 1852April 5, 1931) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Frank attended the public schools of Peoria and

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and

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. He graduated from

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in 1871. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Louis in 1872. He unsuccessfully contested the election of John M. Glover to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886. Frank was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890. Founder and owner of the St. Louis Star. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896. He served as vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for

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in 1910, 1916, and 1928. He retired from the active practice of law. He died at St. Louis, Missouri, April 5, 1931. He was interred in Mount Sinai Cemetery. His memory is enshrined by the Nathan Frank Memorial Bandstand in

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, St. Louis. Frank was Missouri's first

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congressman.Stone, Kurt F. "''The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members'', (2011).
Pages 49–51. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frank, Nathan 1852 births 1931 deaths Harvard Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives Washington University in St. Louis alumni 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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