Frank Chelf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Chelf

American politician

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1907

Place of Birth: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1982

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Frank Chelf

  • Frank Leslie Chelf (September 22, 1907 – September 1, 1982) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.
  • He was born on a farm near Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
  • He graduated from Masonic Home High School and lived at the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home (now Masonic Homes of Kentucky) in Louisville, KY.
  • He attended the public schools as well as Centre College at Danville, Kentucky and St.
  • Mary's College.
  • He graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee in 1931 and was admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Kentucky.
  • He served as an attorney of Marion County, Kentucky 1933-1944. Chelf took leave of absence from his official duties on August 1, 1942, to volunteer in the United States Army and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Air Corps and saw active service in World War II.
  • He served as chief code designator, Intelligence Division, Air Transport Command, and later as executive officer, Plans and Liaison Division, and as assistant chief of Air Staff Training.
  • He was discharged on August 10, 1944, due to physical disability, with rank of major in the Air Corps. Chelf served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936.
  • He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967) and was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress.
  • After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
  • He was a legislative consultant and resident of Lebanon, Kentucky until his death there in 1982.
  • He was buried in Ryder Cemetery.

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