Frank Comstock (politician)
Frank Comstock | |
|---|---|
| 14th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut | |
| In office 1889–1889[1] | |
| Preceded by | William B. Hubbell |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Wilcox |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | |
| In office 1893– [2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19, 1856[3][4] Wilton, Connecticut, US[3][4] |
| Died | October 6, 1914 (aged 58) |
| Political party | Republican[3] |
| Spouse | Sarah Berry (d. November 13, 1888)[5] |
| Residence(s) | South Norwalk, Connecticut, US |
| Occupation | Hatter[3] |
Frank Comstock (August 19, 1856 – October 6, 1914) was an American politician and one-term Republican mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1889. He was born in Wilton in 1856. He was the son of John R. Comstock and Helen Eugenia Whitney.[4] He served for three years as a Burgess of the Borough of Norwalk.[3] Comstock served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1893.[2]
In 1882, Comstock founded, along with Samuel Raymond, the Raymond & Comstock Company, a hat factory at 50 Day Street, in Norwalk.[3][6]
References
[edit]- ^ List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Connecticut Register and Manual
- ^ a b c d e f Biographical Sketches
- ^ a b c Phoenix, Stephen Whitney (1878). "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878".
- ^ New York Times - Obituary
- ^ The Norwalk Hour
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