Frank Probasco BOHN, Congress, MI (1866-1944)

BOHN Frank Probasco , a Representative from Michigan; born in Charlottesville, Hancock County, Ind., July 14, 1866; attended public high school; attended the Danville Normal College, Danville, Ind.; graduated from the Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., 1890; banker; village president of Newberry, Mich., 1904-1919; member of the Newberry School Board, Newberry, Mich., 1908-1914; member of the Michigan state senate, 1923-1926; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932; member of the Michigan State Hospital Commission, 1935-1937; died on June 1, 1944, in Newberry, Mich.; interment in Forest Home Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present