Background
Frank, Nathan was born on February 23, 1852 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham and Branette (Weil) Frank.
United States representative politician
Frank, Nathan was born on February 23, 1852 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham and Branette (Weil) Frank.
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Frank attended the public schools of Peoria and Saint Louis and Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1871.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Saint 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.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896. He served as vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis in 1904.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator in 1910, 1916, and 1928. He retired from the active practice of law.
He died at Saint Louis, Missouri, April 5, 1931.
He was interred in Mount Sinai Cemetery. His memory is enshrined by the Nathan Frank Memorial Bandstand in Forest Park, Saint Louis. Frank was Missouri"s first Jewish congressman.
Member 51st Congress (1889-1891), 12th Missouri District Member executive