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Senator Frank Brandegee suicide...
Senator Frank Brandegee suicide...
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October 14, 1924
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, October 14, 1924
* Senator Frank Bosworth Brandegee suicide
* From a New London, Connecticut newspaper
This 14 page newspaper ha s a nice two line banner headline on the front page: "SENATOR BRANDEGEE ENDS LIFE BY GAS AT WASHINGTON; PERSONAL FINANCIAL TROUBLES BELIEVED TO BE REASON" with subheads and one column photo of Brandegee. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with a few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864 - October 14, 1924) was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut, born in New London. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, also a Connecticut politician.
Brandegee attended the common schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1885. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced in New London. In 1888, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, and was corporation counsel of New London from 1889-1893 and 1894-1897, when he resigned. He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1899, and served as speaker; he was again elected corporation counsel of New London (1901-1902), when he resigned to become a Member of Congress. Brandegee was chairman of the Republican state convention in 1904, and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Russell. Brandegee was reelected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served from November 4, 1902, until May 10, 1905, when he resigned, having been elected a United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orville H. Platt; to the Senate, he was reelected in 1908, 1914, and 1920, and served from May 10, 1905, until his death by suicide in Washington, D.C. on October 14, 1924, aged 60.
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