{{ infobox officeholder | office = Minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | term_start = 1976 | term_end = 1978 | predecessor = Charles Ford | successor = Neal McCaleb | state_house2 = Oklahoma | district2 = 83rd | term_start2 = 1971 | term_end2 =1979 | predecessor2 = Ralph Gordon Thompson | successor2 = Stanley W. Alexander | party = Republican Party | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|9|27}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|6|12|1938|9|27}} | death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States }} '''Kent F. Frates''' was an American politician who represented the 83rd district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979. He was also House's minority leader from 1976 to 1978.
==Biography== Kent F. Frates was born on September 27, 1938, in Oklahoma City. He attended Casady School, and he graduated from Stanford University and the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964. He served in the United States Air Force Reserves from 1960 to 1966.<ref name="OBJ Obit">{{cite journal |title=In Memoriam |journal=Oklahoma Bar Journal |date=September 2025 |volume=96 |issue=7 |page=102 |url=https://www.okbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/September-2025.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2025}}</ref> A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 83rd district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979. He was preceded in office by Ralph Gordon Thompson and succeeded by Stanley W. Alexander.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma History |url=http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |access-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> From 1976 to 1978, he was the minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He died on June 12, 2025, in Oklahoma City.<ref name="OBJ Obit" />
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Category:1938 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Category:Politicians from Oklahoma City Category:Lawyers from Oklahoma City Category:Stanford University alumni Category:University of Arkansas School of Law alumni