Frank Joseph Harris

Sessions

Session	Position	District	Party
1927-1928		45	Republican
1929-1930		45	Republican
1931-1932		45	Republican
1933-1934		45	Republican
1935-1936		45	Republican

Counties	Allegheny

Biography

1881 - 1946

Frank J. Harris was born in Pittsburgh, 1881, son of John and Bridget (Gaughan) Harris of the city, and the brother of state Senator John Paul Harris. Frank pursued the real estate and insurance business; served as treasurer of Allegheny County, 1912-1915; was County Commissioner, 1916-1919; elected to the Senate, 1926, serving through 1936; and elected delegate to the Republican National Convention 1943-44. He died in Crafton, March 11, 1946.