Kurt Frank
Kurt A. Frank was a Wisconsin lawyer who served three terms as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
[edit]Frank was born on March 20, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Marquette University. Frank became a lawyer and served in the Army National Guard.
Political career
[edit]In 1970 Frank unseated 73-year-old conservative Democratic incumbent Senator Leland McParland, who had been in the legislature since winning office in 1940, in a four-way Democratic primary. Frank served as a member of the Senate from 1971 to 1983; he did not run for re-election in 1982, after his district was redistricted, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Gerald D. Kleczka.
References
[edit]- ^ "Frank, Kurt A. 1945". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Politicians from Milwaukee
- Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators
- Wisconsin lawyers
- Military personnel from Milwaukee
- United States Army soldiers
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
- Marquette University alumni
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Lawyers from Milwaukee
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature