Frank Herbert Foss (b.

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the Un ...

, September 20, 1865 – d.

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, February 15, 1947) was a

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from

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. He attended public schools in

and graduated from Kent Hill (Maine) Seminary in 1886. He moved to Fitchburg in 1893. Foss was a member of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America Union, number 19, until 1895 when he took out an honorable withdrawal card and became a

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engaged in the construction of

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s. He was a member of the Fitchburg city council (1906–1912); water commissioner (1913–1915); mayor of Fitchburg (1917–1920); member of the Republican State committee (1915–1946), and served as chairman (1921–1924). He was a delegate to every Republican State Convention held between 1915 and 1946. He was elected as a Republican to the

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and the following four Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the

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, and resumed management in the contracting business. He resided in Fitchburg until his death there on February 15, 1947, aged 81; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foss, Frank H. 1865 births 1947 deaths Politicians from Augusta, Maine Politicians from Fitchburg, Massachusetts Mayors of places in Massachusetts Massachusetts city council members American bricklayers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Massachusetts Republican Party chairs