Gary Franks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetGary Franks
American politician
Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1953
Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Gary Franks
- Gary Alvin Franks (born February 9, 1953) is an American politician who was a member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997.
- He is the first African-American elected to the U.S.
- Congress from Connecticut, the first modern black conservative elected to Congress, and the first black Republican elected in sixty years.
- Franks ran for the United States Senate in 1998, losing to incumbent Democratic U.S.
- Senator Chris Dodd.
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