Frank William Fries was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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Born in Hornsby, Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois

Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois

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, Fries moved with his parents to Gillespie, Illinois

Gillespie, Illinois

Gillespie is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,412 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gillespie is located at ....

, in 1904.
He attended the public schools.
Coal miner 1915-1917.
During the First World War served as a sergeant in the Thirty-seventh Company, One Hundred and Fifty-third Depot Brigade, United States Army

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, from April 1918 to December 1918.
Coal mine operator in 1920 and 1921.
He engaged in the insurance business 1922-1927.
He moved to Carlinville, Illinois

Carlinville, Illinois

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, in 1930 and engaged in the wholesale produce business.
Sheriff of Macoupin County

Macoupin County, Illinois

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 1930-1934.
He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives

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 1934-1936.

Fries was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-fifth

75th United States Congress

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 and Seventy-sixth

76th United States Congress

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 Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh

77th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He was an arbitrator in the coal industry from 1941 to 1969.
He was a resident of Gillespie, Illinois

Gillespie, Illinois

Gillespie is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,412 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gillespie is located at ....

, until his death on July 17, 1980.
He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery.