| LC control no. | no2007075273 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brandegee, Frank B. (Frank Bosworth), 1864-1924 |
| Birth date | 1864-07-08 |
| Death date | 1924-10-14 |
| Place of birth | New London (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Yale College (1718-1887) Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives Connecticut. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Address on the life, character, and public services of William McKinley, 1904: t.p. (Frank B. Brandegee) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. web site, July 6, 2007 (Frank Bosworth Brandegee; a representative and a senator from Connecticut; b. in New London, Conn., July 8, 1864; d. Oct. 14, 1924) LC database, July 6, 2007 (hdg.: Brandegee, Frank B. (Frank Bosworth), 1864-1924; usage: Frank B. Brandegee; hdg.: Brandegee, Frank Bosworth, 1864-1924 (2 records); Brandegee, Frank Bosworth, 1864- (9 records)) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, December 2, 2015 (Brandegee, Frank Bosworth, (son of Augustus Brandegee), a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New London, Conn., July 8, 1864; attended the common schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1885; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced in New London; member, State house of representatives 1888; corporation counsel of New London 1889-1893, 1894-1897, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1899, and served as speaker; again elected corporation counsel of New London 1901-1902, when he resigned to become a Member of Congress; chairman of the Republican State convention in 1904; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Russell; reelected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served from November 4, 1902, until May 10, 1905, when he resigned, having been elected a United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orville H. Platt; reelected in 1908, 1914, and 1920, and served from May 10, 1905, until his death by suicide in Washington, D.C., October 14, 1924; served as President pro tempore during the Sixty-second Congress; chairman, Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Panama (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Railroads (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Library (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Judiciary (Sixty-eighth Congress); interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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