Frank C. Osmers, Jr.

Who was Frank C. Osmers, Jr.?

Frank C. Osmers, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.

Born in Leonia, New Jersey on December 30, 1907, Osmers attended the local public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was engaged in the jewelry business.

Osmers was a member of the Haworth, New Jersey Borough Council from 1930–1934 and served as mayor of Haworth in 1935 and 1936. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1935–1937, and was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the Seventy-seventh Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1939-January 3, 1943.

While a member of the Seventy-seventh Congress, Osmers enlisted as a private and was graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a second lieutenant. He was placed on the inactive list by Presidential directive and finished his term in Congress, but was not a candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.