B. Frank Whelchel

U.S. Congressperson

1895 – 1954

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Who was B. Frank Whelchel?

Benjamin Frank Whelchel was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.

Born in Lumpkin County, near Gainesville, Georgia, Whelchel attended the public schools. He studied law privately in Gainesville, Georgia. He was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced the practice of law in Gainesville, Georgia. He served as judge of the city court of Hall County 1932–1934.

Whelchel was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1944. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Gainesville, Georgia, May 11, 1954. He was interred in West View Abbey, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Born
Dec 16, 1895
United States of America
Died
May 11, 1954

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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