Frank Lawler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1842
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jan-1896
Profession: politician, trade unionist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Frank Lawler
- Frank Lawler (June 25, 1842 – January 17, 1896) was a U.S.
- Representative from Illinois. Born in Rochester, New York, Lawler attended the public schools.
- He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in 1854.
- He was a news agent on a railroad for several years and also a brakeman.
- He learned the trade of shipbuilders.
- He was active in organizing trade and labor unions, and served as president of the Ship Carpenters and Calkers' Association.
- He was employed in the Chicago post office as a letter carrier 1869-1877.
- He served as a member of the city council from 1876 to 1885.
- He engaged in business as a liquor merchant in 1878. Lawler was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891).
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff of Cook County in 1891.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1895 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. Lawler was again elected a member of the board of aldermen in 1896 and served until his death in Chicago at age 53.
- A Roman Catholic, he was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
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