Frank C. Osmers, Jr.

Frank C. Osmers, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 9th district
In office
January 3, 1939  January 3, 1943
Preceded by Edward Aloysius Kenney
Succeeded by Harry L. Towe
In office
November 6, 1951  January 3, 1965
Preceded by Harry L. Towe
Succeeded by Henry Helstoski
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1935–1937
Personal details
Born (1907-12-30)December 30, 1907
Leonia, New Jersey
Died May 21, 1977(1977-05-21) (aged 69)
Tenafly, New Jersey
Political party Republican

Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (December 30, 1907, Leonia, New Jersey – May 21, 1977, Tenafly, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.

Biography

He was born in Leonia, New Jersey on December 30, 1907. Osmers attended the local public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was engaged in the jewelry business.

Osmers was a member of the Haworth, New Jersey Borough Council from 1930–1934 and served as mayor of Haworth in 1935 and 1936. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1935–1937, and was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the Seventy-seventh Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943.

While a member of the Seventy-seventh Congress, Osmers enlisted as a private and was graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a second lieutenant. He was placed on the inactive list by Presidential directive and finished his term in Congress, but was not a candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

Osmers went on active duty as a second lieutenant in the Seventy-seventh Infantry Division on January 4, 1943, transferred to the Twenty-fourth Corps and served in the Pacific, and was discharged on February 22, 1946. He served as a major in Officers’ Reserve Corps.

After he returned from his military service, Osmers resumed his former business pursuits and was also interested in real estate, insurance, and publishing businesses. He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election on November 6, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry L. Towe, and was reelected to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from November 6, 1951, to January 3, 1965. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress, and was again unsuccessful in his bid for office in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress, both times losing to liberal Democrat Henry Helstoski by 51% to 49% margins.

He was executive administrator, Bergen County, New Jersey from 1968–1970 and engaged in a real estate business in Englewood, New Jersey.

He resided in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he died on May 21, 1977, and was interred in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edward Aloysius Kenney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 9th congressional district

January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943
Succeeded by
Harry L. Towe
Preceded by
Harry L. Towe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 9th congressional district

November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1965
Succeeded by
Henry Helstoski
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