Frank B. Gary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank B. Gary

American politician

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1860

Place of Birth: Cokesbury, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1922

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Frank B. Gary

  • Frank Boyd Gary (March 9, 1860 – December 7, 1922) was a United States Senator from South Carolina.
  • Born in Cokesbury, South Carolina, he attended the Cokesbury Conference School and Union College (Schenectady, New York).
  • He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abbeville, South Carolina in 1881.
  • From 1890 to 1900 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving as speaker from 1895 to 1900.
  • He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1895 and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1906. Gary was elected as a Democrat to the U.S.
  • Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Asbury C.
  • Latimer and served from March 6, 1908, to March 4, 1909; he was not a candidate for reelection in 1908, and after his time in the Senate he was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1910.
  • He was elected judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1912 and served until his death in Charleston, South Carolina in 1922; interment was in Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina. Frank B.
  • Gary was also appointed as special judge in Lexington County in the 1903 trial of James H.
  • Tillman (lieutenant governor of South Carolina and nephew of Senator "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman) for the murder of N.G.
  • Gonzales (founding editor of The State, Columbia, SC's newspaper). It has been alleged that Gary was a "Tillmanite", although there is no strong evidence of his being partisan in the trial.
  • However, the jury was considered highly rigged and partisan considering Tillman shot Gonzales in broad daylight with many eyewitnesses.
  • Tillman was acquitted ostensibly on a self-defense theory, but more likely because the jury believed Tillman was justified.
  • Gonzales had waged a virtual crusade against Tillman in the newspaper, helping ensure his defeat in the 1902 gubernatorial election.

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