Background
Jennings, Frank was born on September 6, 1887 in Island City, Missouri, United States. Son of Horace Lilburn and Mary (Alsop) Jennings.
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Frank Jennings
Edit Profilepolitician Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Frank Jennings, American clergyman. Member of Executive Committee, Federal Council of Churches Christ in America, 1940-1944; member Commision on Bases of Just and Durable Peace, Federal Council of Churches; member board directors Washingtonian Hospital (Boston), Greater Boston Community Fund.; Served as secretary overseas Young Men’s Christian Association, 1919.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Ottawa U., Kansas, 1912, Doctor of Divinity, 1930. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1916, Bachelor of Divinity, 1917.
Career
Born in Bathurst, he moved to Tasmania and was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Russell in 1921. He served until he was defeated in 1933. The following year he contested the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist candidate for Darwin and was elected.
He remained in parliament until his resignation in 1940.
Membership
Member of Executive Committee, Federal Council of Churches Christ in America, 1940-1944. Member Commision on Bases of Just and Durable Peace, Federal Council of Churches. Member board directors Washingtonian Hospital (Boston), Greater Boston Community Fund.
Served as secretary overseas Young Men’s Christian Association, 1919. Clubs: Boston City, Theological, Circle (Boston).
Connections
Married Ruth Ethel Corle, May 20, 1914. Children: Margaret Elizabeth (Mistress John Harris), Francis Edith (Mistress Harry Irwig), Audrey Eleanor (deceased).
