Frank Edward Evans was a U.S. Representative

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 from Colorado

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Born in Pueblo, Colorado

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, Evans attended public schools in Colorado Springs. He entered Pomona College in Claremont, California

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, in 1941. He interrupted his education in 1943 to serve in the United States Navy

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 as a patrol pilot from 1943 to 1946. He attended the University of Denver

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 for his B.A. (acquired in 1948) and his law degree, LL.B. (acquired in 1950). He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1950 and began the practice of law in Pueblo. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1961 to 1964.

Evans was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Eighty-ninth

89th United States Congress

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 and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1979). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth

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 Congress. Until his death he was a resident of Beulah, Colorado

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