Frank M. Clark

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pa. , December 24, 1915. Attended the public schools. Also attended Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. Enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and served in Europe as a flight officer until discharged in 1945. Major in Air Force Reserve. While still in the service was appointed chief of police of Bessemer, serving in that capacity until November 1954. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-third Congress in 1952. Delegate to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference 1956-1974, to the Interparliamentary Conference in Germany in 1957, to the Christian Leadership for Peace Conference at The Hague in 1958, and to International Roads Conference in 1959, 1962-1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, until his resignation December 31, 1974. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress, in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress and in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. Died on June 17, 2003, in New Castle, Pa.