Frank Thompson, Jr. Commander, United States Navy Member of Congress |
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of the U.S. House of Representatives:
Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton,
Mercer County, N.J., July 26, 1918; attended parochial and public schools
and Wake Forest (N.C.) College, 1941 and the Wake Forest Law School; served
in the United States Navy 1941-1948; received three combat decorations
for action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa; commanded the United States Naval Reserve
Battallion 4-22 and completed a seventeen-month tour of active duty, from
August 1950 to January 1952, on the staff of the commander, Eastern Sea
Frontier, and released from active duty January 1, 1952; was admitted to
the bar in 1948 and commenced the practice of law in Trenton, N.J.; member
of the State house of assembly 1950-1954, serving as assistant minority
leader in 1950 and minority leader in 1954; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-fourth Congress; reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and
served from January 3, 1955, until his resignation December 29, 1980; chairman,
Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-fourth and Ninety-sixth Congresses),
Committee on House Administration (Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, and Ninety-sixth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh
Congress; was a resident of Alexandria, Va., until his death in Bethesda,
Md., on July 22, 1989. He is buried in Section 7-A of Arlington National
Cemetery.
Photograph By M. R. Patterson Updated: 10 October 2002 |
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