Frank T. Bow
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Frank Townsend Bow was a noted Ohio
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 jurist
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 and politician
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 who served as a Republican
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 Congressman
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 in the United States House of Representatives
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 from January 3, 1951 until his death on November 13, 1972.

Born in Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
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, Bow attended college at Ohio Northern University
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, where he was a member of the Sigma Pi
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 Fraternity, and law school at Columbia Law School
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. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1923 when he returned to Canton to practice law. The Frank T. Bow Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Canton, Ohio
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 is named in his honor.

In 1929, Bow was appointed as assistant attorney general of the state. In 1932, he was hired by WHBC, a Canton area radio station. During World War II
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, he worked as the station's overseas correspondent, traveling to cover the war in the Philippines
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. During the Eightieth United States Congress, Bow was hired as part of the general counsel to the Expenditures Committee. Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel hired him as a legislative aide during the next Congress.

In 1950, Bow was elected to the House of Representatives. He was a close ally of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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 and a staunch supporter of tax reform. Bow died during his eleventh term in Congress.

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