Introduction
Frank Monroe Clark (December 24, 1915 – June 17, 2003) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life & military service
Frank Clark was born in Bessemer, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942, serving in Europe as a flight officer until discharged in 1945. Clark later became a major in the Air Force Reserve.
Public service
While still in the service, Clark was appointed as the chief of police of Bessemer, serving in that capacity until November 1954.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1952. He was elected as a Democrat in 1954 to the 84th United States Congress, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Louis E. Graham, and was re-elected to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation on December 31, 1974 following his defeat in the 1974 election to Republican Gary A. Myers.
He pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion on June 12, 1979. He was unsuccessful seeking re-election in 1976, 1978, and 1990.
He was a delegate to a number of conferences, including:
- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference 1956–1974
- the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in Germany in 1957
- the Christian Leadership for Peace Conference at The Hague in 1958
- the International Roads Conference in 1959 and 1962–1968.
He died in New Castle, Pennsylvania.