Frank Bosworth Brandegee
Republican Senator of Connecticut
Representative
Connecticut, district 3
November 4, 1902 - March 3, 1903
Representative
Connecticut, district 3
November 9, 1903 - March 3, 1905
Representative
Connecticut, district 3
March 4, 1905 - May 10, 1905
Senator
Connecticut
May 10, 1905 - March 3, 1909
Senator
Connecticut
March 15, 1909 - March 3, 1915
Senator
Connecticut
December 6, 1915 - March 3, 1921
Senator
Connecticut
April 11, 1921 - October 14, 1924
13
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
4
Senate Terms
July 8, 1864 (60 years old)
Birthday
October 14, 1924
Death
- Served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Connecticut.
- Graduated from Yale College and was a member of the Skull and Bones society.
- Began his political career in the Connecticut House of Representatives, where he also served as Speaker.
- Held the position of Corporation Counsel for New London multiple times.
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill a vacancy and served three terms.
- Resigned from the House to fill a Senate vacancy and was subsequently reelected three times.
- Identified as a conservative “Old Guard” Republican, opposing women’s suffrage and the League of Nations.
- Chaired several Senate committees, including Judiciary and Interoceanic Canals.
- Served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Sixty-second Congress.
- Died by suicide in 1924, reportedly due to ill health and financial difficulties.