{{Short description|American politician (1865–1947)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Frank Herbert Foss | image =Frank Foss, 11-22-23 LCCN2016848285 (cropped).jpg | state =[[Massachusetts]] | district =[[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] | term_start =March 4, 1925 | term_end =January 3, 1935 | preceded =[[Calvin Paige]] | succeeded =[[Joseph E. Casey]] | title2 = Chairperson of the [[Massachusetts Republican Party]] | term_start2 = 1921 | term_end2 = 1924 | predecessor2 = Frank B. Hall | successor2 = Francis Prescott | office3 =Mayor of [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]] | term_start3 =1917 | term_end3 =1921 | predecessor3 =[[Marcus Coolidge]] | successor3 =[[John B. Fellows]] | birth_date =September 20, 1865 | birth_place =[[Augusta, Maine]], US | death_date ={{death date and age|1947|02|15|1865|09|20}} | death_place =[[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]], US | party =[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Frank Herbert Foss''' ([[Augusta, Maine]], September 20, 1865 – [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]], February 15, 1947) was a [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
He attended [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]] in [[Augusta, Maine]] and graduated from [[Kents Hill School|Kent Hill (Maine) Seminary]] in 1886. He moved to Fitchburg in 1893.
Foss was a member of the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America Union, number 19, until 1895 when he took out an honorable withdrawal card and became a [[general contractor]]<ref>{{Citation | title =The Bricklayer, mason and plasterer VOL. X No. 1| page = 251 | publisher = Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America | location = Indianapolis, IN | date = December 1916}}</ref> engaged in the construction of [[industrial plant]]s.
He was a member of the Fitchburg city council (1906–1912); water commissioner (1913–1915); mayor of Fitchburg (1917–1920); member of the Republican State committee (1915–1946), and served as chairman (1921–1924).
He was a delegate to every Republican State Convention held between 1915 and 1946. He was elected as a Republican to the [[69th Congress]] and the following four Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the [[74th Congress]], and resumed management in the contracting business.
He resided in Fitchburg until his death there on February 15, 1947, aged 81; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Frank H. Foss}} {{Portal|Biography}} * {{Biographical Directory of Congress|F000294}}
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