Frank Horton (New York politician)

Frank J. Horton
Frank J. Horton
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New York's 29th district
	In office; January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Gerald B. H. Solomon
Succeeded by	John J. LaFalce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New York's 34th district
	In office; January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	John H. Terry
Succeeded by	Stan Lundine
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New York's 36th district
	In office; January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	John Taber
Succeeded by	Henry P. Smith III
Personal details
Born	December 12, 1919; Cuero, Texas
Died	August 30, 2004 (aged 84); Winchester, Virginia
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Wilcox Horton (div.); Nancy Flood Horton
Alma mater	Louisiana State University (B.A.); Cornell Law School (LL.B.)
Profession	Lawyer

Frank Jefferson Horton (December 12, 1919 – August 30, 2004) was a United States Representative from New York State.

Early life and career

Horton was born in Cuero, Texas and was a graduate of Louisiana State University (B.A., 1941) where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity (Gamma chapter). He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He then attended Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1947, the same year that he was admitted to the New York Bar. From 1956 to 1962 he was the President of Rochester Community Baseball, Inc. From 1959 to 1961, Horton served as the Executive Vice President of the International Baseball League, as well as the League's attorney.^{[citation needed]}

Horton was a member of the Rochester City Council from 1955 to 1961. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1962 as a Republican, Horton was re-elected to 14 additional terms.^{[citation needed]}

Horton was known as a moderate, a Rockefeller Republican and "the least partisan of Representatives." ^[1] He rose to the position of Ranking Minority Member of the Government Operations Committee (now known as the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.)

Horton retired from Congress in 1993 when redistricting placed him in the same district as his friend Rep. Louise Slaughter.^{[citation needed]}

While in Congress, Horton proposed making the United States Environmental Protection Agency a cabinet-level agency and helped introduce the Whistleblower Protection Act in 1987.^{[citation needed]}

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Taber	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 36th congressional district 1963–1973	Succeeded by Henry P. Smith III
Preceded by John H. Terry	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 34th congressional district 1973–1983	Succeeded by Stan Lundine
Preceded by Gerald B. H. Solomon	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 29th congressional district 1983–1993	Succeeded by John J. LaFalce