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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S.&#32;House&#32;of&#32;Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Massachusetts04&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 4th congressional district">4th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1981&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Drinan" title="Robert Drinan">Robert Drinan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_III" title="Joe Kennedy III">Joe Kennedy III</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2011&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">Spencer Bachus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Maxine Waters</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2003&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_LaFalce" title="John LaFalce">John LaFalce</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">Spencer Bachus</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2007&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Oxley" title="Mike Oxley">Mike Oxley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Bachus" title="Spencer Bachus">Spencer Bachus</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1973&#160;–&#32;January 3, 1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Eliot Wadsworth</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Thomas Vallely</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_5th_Suffolk_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives&#39; 5th Suffolk district">5th Suffolk</a> (1973–1979)<br /><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_8th_Suffolk_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives&#39; 8th Suffolk district">8th Suffolk</a> (1979–1981)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Barnett Frank</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1940-03-31</span>) </span>March 31, 1940<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;84)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jim Ready</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;2012&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Barney_Frank_on_the_Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008.ogg" title="File:Rep. Barney Frank on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.ogg">Barney Frank's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="482" data-mwtitle="Rep._Barney_Frank_on_the_Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Rep._Barney_Frank_on_the_Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs=&quot;vorbis&quot;" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/Rep._Barney_Frank_on_the_Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008.ogg/Rep._Barney_Frank_on_the_Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Frank, as chair of the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a>, on the need for the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a><br />Recorded September 29, 2008</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Barnett Frank</b> (born March 31, 1940) is a retired American politician. He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> from 1981 to 2013. A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, Frank served as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a> from 2007 to 2011 and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodd–Frank Act">Dodd–Frank Act</a>. Frank, a resident of <a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton, Massachusetts</a>, was considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States during his time in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne, New Jersey</a>, Frank graduated from <a href="/wiki/Bayonne_High_School" title="Bayonne High School">Bayonne High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He worked as a political aide before winning election to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> in 1972. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in 1980 with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected every term thereafter by wide margins. In 1987, he publicly <a href="/wiki/Came_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Came out">came out</a> as <a href="/wiki/Gay_men" title="Gay men">gay</a>, becoming the first member of Congress to do so voluntarily. From 2003 until his retirement, Frank was the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and he served as committee chairman when his party held a House majority from 2007 to 2011. In July 2012, he married his long-time partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress to marry someone of the same sex while in office.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank did not seek re-election in <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections">2012</a>, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_III" title="Joe Kennedy III">Joe Kennedy III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank's autobiography, <i>A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage</i>, was published in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-us.macmillan.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us.macmillan.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to his time in the House of Representatives, Frank served in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> from 1973 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-1975-76_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1975-76-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1973-1974_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1973-1974-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1977-78_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1977-78-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1979-80_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1979-80-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_early_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_career"></span>Early life, education, and early career</h2></div> <p>Frank was born in <a href="/wiki/Bayonne,_New_Jersey" title="Bayonne, New Jersey">Bayonne, New Jersey</a>, one of four children of Elsie (<i>née</i> Golush) and Samuel Frank.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His family was Jewish, and his grandparents had emigrated from Poland and Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank's father ran a truck stop in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Jersey City">Jersey City</a>—a place Frank has described as "totally corrupt"—and when Frank was 6 or 7, his father served a year in prison for refusing to testify to a <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> against Frank's uncle.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank was educated at <a href="/wiki/Bayonne_High_School" title="Bayonne High School">Bayonne High School</a>, before matriculating at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, where he resided in Matthews Hall his first year and then in <a href="/wiki/Kirkland_House" title="Kirkland House">Kirkland House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winthrop_House" title="Winthrop House">Winthrop House</a>. He graduated in 1962. </p><p>Frank's undergraduate studies were interrupted by the death of his father, and Frank took a year off to help resolve the family's affairs prior to his graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1964, he was a volunteer in Mississippi during <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Summer" title="Freedom Summer">Freedom Summer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He taught undergraduates at Harvard while studying for a PhD in Government, but left in 1968 before completing the degree, to become Boston mayor <a href="/wiki/Kevin_White_(mayor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin White (mayor)">Kevin White</a>'s Chief Assistant, a position he held for three years. He then served for a year as Administrative Assistant to Congressman <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Harrington" title="Michael J. Harrington">Michael J. Harrington</a>. In 1977, Frank graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>, where he was once a student of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while serving as a Massachusetts state representative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-congressional_career">Pre-congressional career</h2></div> <p>In 1972, Frank was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> where he served for eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-1973-1974_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1973-1974-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1975-76_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1975-76-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1977-78_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1977-78-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1979-80_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1979-80-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He made a name for himself in the mid-1970s as a political defender of the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_(Boston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Zone (Boston)">Combat Zone</a>, Boston's notorious red light district. Neighborhoods in Frank's district bordered the Combat Zone. As a means of dealing with crime in the area (including violence, police corruption and the infiltration by organized crime), he introduced a bill into the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts General Court</a> that would have legalized the sex-for-hire business but kept it quarantined in a red light district, which would have been moved to Boston's Financial District.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, Frank <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">was admitted to the bar</a> in Massachusetts. While in state and local government, he taught, part-time, at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Boston" title="University of Massachusetts Boston">University of Massachusetts Boston</a>, the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">John F. Kennedy School of Government</a> at Harvard, and at <a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a>. He published numerous articles on politics and public affairs; in 1992, he published <i>Speaking Frankly</i>, an essay on the role the Democratic Party should play in the 1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1981_Barney_Frank_p62.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/1981_Barney_Frank_p62.jpg/220px-1981_Barney_Frank_p62.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/1981_Barney_Frank_p62.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>1981, <i>Congressional Pictorial Directory</i> – Frank's first term as Congressman</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3></div> <p>In 1980, Frank ran for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in the 4th congressional district, hoping to succeed Reverend <a href="/wiki/Robert_Drinan" title="Robert Drinan">Robert Drinan</a>, who had left Congress, following a call by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> for priests to withdraw from political positions. In the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> held on September 16, 1980, Frank won 52% of the vote in a four-candidate field.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the Democratic nominee, he faced <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> Richard A. Jones in the general election and won narrowly, 52–48%.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his first term, Frank represented a district in the western and southern suburbs of Boston, anchored by <a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline</a> and his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a>. However, in 1982, <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a> forced him to run against <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Heckler" title="Margaret Heckler">Margaret Heckler</a>, who represented a district centered on the <a href="/wiki/South_Coast_(Massachusetts)" title="South Coast (Massachusetts)">South Coast</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Bedford" class="mw-redirect" title="New Bedford">New Bedford</a>. Although the newly configured district retained Frank's district number—the 4th—it was geographically more Heckler's district. Frank focused on Heckler's initial support for President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s tax cuts, and won with 60% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frank did not face another serious race again for a quarter-century.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Advocate2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 1984 to 2008, he won re-election 12 times with at least 67% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, Frank won with more than an overwhelming 97% of the vote, with no challenge from a major political party. </p><p>In 2010, Frank ran for his 16th term. Public opinion polling showed him facing his first credible challenge since defeating Heckler in 1982. His opponent was Republican <a href="/wiki/Sean_Bielat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Bielat">Sean Bielat</a>, a U.S. Marine veteran and businessman.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In mid-September, an internal poll showed Frank leading 48–38%.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In late October, he loaned his campaign $200,000.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In early October, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a></i> changed its assessment of the district from "solid Democratic" to "likely Democratic"—meaning that while Frank was favored, a victory by Bielat could not be entirely ruled out. While Frank had a 3-to-1 advantage in terms of cash on hand, Bielat outraised him in September.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 25, a survey by <i>The Boston Globe</i> showed Frank leading 46–33%.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank won re-election to his 16th term, 54–43%.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 28, 2011, Frank announced at a news conference that he would not seek re-election in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scandal">Scandal</h4></div> <p>In 1985, Frank was still publicly <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closeted</a>. That year he hired Steve Gobie, a <a href="/wiki/Male_prostitute" class="mw-redirect" title="Male prostitute">male prostitute</a>, for sex, and they became "more friends than sexual partners."<sup id="cite_ref-mayflower_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayflower-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank housed Gobie and hired him with personal funds as an aide, housekeeper and driver and paid for his attorney and court-ordered psychiatrist.<sup id="cite_ref-mayflower_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayflower-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, Frank evicted Gobie after being advised by his landlord that Gobie kept escorting despite the support and was doing so in the residence.<sup id="cite_ref-mayflower_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayflower-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Skeleton_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeleton-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later that year, Gobie's friends persuaded him that he had a gay male version of <i><a href="/wiki/Mayflower_Madam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayflower Madam">Mayflower Madam</a></i>, a TV movie about an escort service.<sup id="cite_ref-mayflower_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayflower-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1989, Gobie tried to initiate a bidding war for the story between <a href="/wiki/WUSA-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WUSA-TV">WUSA-TV</a> (Channel 9), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Times" title="The Washington Times">The Washington Times</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mayflower_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayflower-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He then gave the story to <i>The Washington Times</i> for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract.<sup id="cite_ref-Skeleton_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skeleton-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amid calls for an investigation, Frank asked the <a href="/wiki/House_Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Ethics Committee">House Ethics Committee</a> to investigate his relationship "in order to ensure that the public record is clear."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in the alleged illegal activity and dismissed all Gobie's more scandalous claims; they recommended a reprimand for Frank using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets and for misstatements of fact in a memorandum relating to Gobie's criminal probation record.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The House voted 408–18 to reprimand Frank.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attempts to <a href="/wiki/Censure" title="Censure">censure</a> and expel Frank were led by Republican <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig" title="Larry Craig">Larry Craig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eventually, Frank would criticize Craig for hypocrisy after Craig's own <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig_scandal" title="Larry Craig scandal">arrest in 2007</a> for lewd conduct in a public restroom.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite the controversy, Frank won re-election in 1990 with 66 percent of the vote, and by larger margins until the <a href="/wiki/United_States_elections,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States elections, 2010">2010 mid-term elections</a> when his victory margin went down to eleven points.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, a documentary film about Barney Frank entitled <i>Let's Get Frank</i> was released. The documentary recounted Barney Frank's struggle coming out in public and political life as a prominent gay man, the height of which was his reprimand following the Gobie scandal, and documented Frank's dedicated defense of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">U.S. President Bill Clinton</a> during his impeachment trial in January and February 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Eisner_2004_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eisner_2004-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the time of its release, <i>Let's Get Frank</i> received mixed reviews, some celebrating the film, as Ken Eisner did in <i>Variety</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Eisner_2004_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eisner_2004-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and others struggling with Everly's distinct style and the dual telling of Frank's own personal story along with that of the <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Impeachment" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton Impeachment">Clinton Impeachment Trial</a> through Frank's eyes, as Ed Halter did in <i>The Village Voice</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This work has since been included in the film canon, and is now considered to be a classic.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_image">Public image</h4></div> <p>"Mr. Frank has earned a reputation during his 28 years in Congress as a sharp-tongued and quick-witted debater," summarized <i>The New York Times</i> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In one quip, he said he was unable to complete his review of the <a href="/wiki/Starr_Report" title="Starr Report">Starr Report</a> detailing President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>'s relationship with <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky" title="Monica Lewinsky">Monica Lewinsky</a>, complaining that it was "too much reading about <a href="/wiki/Heterosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Heterosexual">heterosexual</a> sex".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2004 and again in 2006, a survey of Capitol Hill staffers published in <i><a href="/wiki/Washingtonian_(magazine)" title="Washingtonian (magazine)">Washingtonian</a></i> gave Frank the title of the "brainiest", "funniest", and "most eloquent" member of the House.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008, the same survey named him "brainiest", and runner up for "workhorse", and "most eloquent";<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in 2010, he was named "brainiest", "workhorse", and "funniest".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He is also widely considered to have been, during his tenure, one of the most powerful or smart members of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-out-2009_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-out-2009-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60minutes-2008_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60minutes-2008-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Democratic speech writer—and later U.S. representative for New Jersey—<a href="/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer" title="Josh Gottheimer">Josh Gottheimer</a>, in his book <i>Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches</i>, describes Frank as "one of the brightest and most energetic defenders of civil rights issues."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fannie_Mae_and_Freddie_Mac">Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</h4></div> <p>Frank was scrutinized for campaign contributions from <a href="/wiki/Fannie_Mae" title="Fannie Mae">Fannie Mae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Mac" title="Freddie Mac">Freddie Mac</a>. <a href="/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets">OpenSecrets</a> reported in 2009 that Frank received over $42,000 in campaign contributions from the two organizations since 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fannie Mae also made grants in 1994 and 2001 of $75,000 to a charity cofounded by Frank's mother.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgenson_and_Rosner_69-70_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgenson_and_Rosner_69-70-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sammon" title="Bill Sammon">Bill Sammon</a>, political editor of <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, claimed the donations from Fannie and Freddie influenced his support of their lending programs, and said that Frank did not play a strong enough role in reforming the institutions in the years leading up to the <a href="/wiki/Economic_crisis_of_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic crisis of 2008">economic crisis of 2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In their 2011 book <i>Reckless Endangerment</i>, <i>New York Times</i> business reporter <a href="/wiki/Gretchen_Morgenson" title="Gretchen Morgenson">Gretchen Morgenson</a> and co-author Josh Rosner called Frank a "major recipient of Fannie Mae's largesse, albeit indirectly" and "a perpetual protector of Fannie."<sup id="cite_ref-Morgenson_Rosner_68-69_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgenson_Rosner_68-69-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, in 1991, Fannie Mae hired Herb Moses, Frank's domestic partner, to a managerial position following a recommendation by Frank. While with Fannie Mae from 1991 to 1998, Moses oversaw projects "relaxing Fannie Mae's restrictions on home improvement loans and small farm mortgages", wrote Morgenson and Rosner.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgenson_Rosner_68-69_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgenson_Rosner_68-69-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During a 1991 hearing of the House Banking subcommittee on housing and community development, Frank objected to a proposal by <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> director <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reischauer" title="Robert Reischauer">Robert Reischauer</a> to make "safety and soundness" the primary objective for Fannie Mae, aggressively enough that subcommittee chair <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Gonzalez" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry B. Gonzalez">Henry B. Gonzalez</a> needed to intervene to allow Reischauer a chance to speak.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgenson_and_Rosner_69-70_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgenson_and_Rosner_69-70-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, a Fannie Mae representative stated in SEC filings that they "did not participate in large amounts of these non-traditional mortgages in 2004 and 2005."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response to criticism, Frank said, "In 2004, it was Bush who started to push Fannie and Freddie into subprime mortgages, because they were boasting about how they were expanding homeownership for low-income people. And I said at the time, 'Hey—(a) this is going to jeopardize their profitability, but (b) it's going to put people in homes they can't afford, and they're gonna lose them.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2009 Frank responded to what he called "wholly inaccurate efforts by Republicans to blame Democrats, and [me] in particular" for the <a href="/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis" title="Subprime mortgage crisis">subprime mortgage crisis</a>, which is linked to the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932010#Origins_and_growth_of_the_housing_bubble" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2010">financial crisis of 2007–2009</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FSATRA_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSATRA-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He outlined his efforts to reform these institutions and add regulations, but met resistance from Republicans, with the main exception being a bill with Republican <a href="/wiki/Mike_Oxley" title="Mike Oxley">Mike Oxley</a> that died because of opposition from President Bush.<sup id="cite_ref-FSATRA_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSATRA-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2005 bill included Frank objectives, which were to impose tighter regulation of Fannie and Freddie and new funds for rental housing. Frank and Mike Oxley achieved broad bipartisan support for the bill in the Financial Services Committee, and it passed the House. But the Senate never voted on the measure, in part because President Bush was likely to veto it. "If it had passed, that would have been one of the ways we could have reined in the bowling ball going downhill called housing," Oxley told Frank. In an op-ed piece in <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_B._Lindsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence B. Lindsey">Lawrence B. Lindsey</a>, a former economic adviser to President George W. Bush, wrote that Frank "is the only politician I know who has argued that we needed tighter rules that intentionally produce fewer homeowners and more renters."<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Once control shifted to the Democrats, Frank was able to help guide both the Federal Housing Reform Act (H.R. 1427) and the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (H.R. 3915) to passage in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-FSATRA_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSATRA-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank also said that the Republican-led <a href="/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act" title="Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act">Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act</a> of 1999, which repealed part of the <a href="/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Glass–Steagall Act">Glass–Steagall Act</a> of 1933 and removed the wall between commercial and investment banks, contributed to the financial meltdown.<sup id="cite_ref-FSATRA_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSATRA-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank stated further that "during twelve years of Republican rule no reform was adopted regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In 2007, a few months after I became the chairman, the House passed a strong reform bill; we sought to get the [Bush] administration's approval to include it in the economic stimulus legislation in January 2008; and finally got it passed and onto <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">President Bush</a>'s desk in July 2008. Moreover, "we were able to adopt it in nineteen months, and we could have done it much quicker if the [Bush] administration had cooperated."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Subprime_mortgage_crisis">Subprime mortgage crisis</h4></div> <p>As former chairman of the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a>, beginning in 2007, Frank was "at the center of power".<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank has been a critic of aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve</a> system, partnering with some Republicans in opposition to some policies.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesmagazine_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesmagazine-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank says that he and Republican Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> "first bonded because we were both conspicuous nonworshipers at the Temple of the Fed and of the High Priest <a href="/wiki/Alan_Greenspan" title="Alan Greenspan">Alan Greenspan</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesmagazine_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesmagazine-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frank has been involved in mortgage foreclosure bailout issues.<sup id="cite_ref-Loan_Mod_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loan_Mod-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008 Frank supported passage of the American Housing Rescue &amp; Foreclosure Prevention Act, intended to protect thousands of homeowners from <a href="/wiki/Foreclosure" title="Foreclosure">foreclosure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This law, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/3221">H.R.&#160;3221</a>, is considered one of the most important and complex issues on which he worked.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In an August 2007 op-ed piece in <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>, Frank wrote, "In the debate between those who believe in essentially <a href="/wiki/Unregulated_markets" class="mw-redirect" title="Unregulated markets">unregulated markets</a> and others who hold that <a href="/wiki/Regulated_market" title="Regulated market">reasonable regulation</a> diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the <a href="/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis" title="Subprime mortgage crisis">subprime situation</a> unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view."<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank was also instrumental in the passage of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5244">H.R.&#160;5244</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Credit_Cardholders%27_Bill_of_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Credit Cardholders&#39; Bill of Rights">Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights</a> Act of 2008, a measure that drew praise from editorial boards and consumer advocates.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007. Frank co-sponsored legislation to reform the Section 202 refinancing program, which is for affordable housing for the elderly, and Section 811 disabled programs.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank has been a chief advocate of the National Housing Trust Fund,<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which was created as part of the <a href="/wiki/Housing_and_Economic_Recovery_Act_of_2008" title="Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008">Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008</a> and was the first affordable housing program to be enacted by the Congress since 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis" title="Subprime mortgage crisis">subprime mortgage crisis</a>, Frank was characterized as "a key deal-maker, an unlikely bridge between his party's left-wing base and ... <a href="/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">free market</a> conservatives" in the Bush administration.<sup id="cite_ref-ALWBB_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALWBB-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hank_Paulson" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank Paulson">Hank Paulson</a>, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Treasury_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Treasury Secretary">U.S. Treasury Secretary</a> for the Bush administration, said he enjoyed Frank's penchant for brokering deals, "he is looking to get things done and make a difference, he focuses on areas of agreement and tries to build on those."<sup id="cite_ref-ALWBB_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ALWBB-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> noted that the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Housing_Administration" title="Federal Housing Administration">Federal Housing Administration</a>'s crucial role in the nation's housing market, providing low-down-payment mortgages during the crisis of 2007–2010 when no mortgages would otherwise have been available, "helped avert full-scale disaster" by helping people purchase or refinance homes and thereby putting a floor under falling home prices. However, due to the tighter flow of credit from the banks, total FHA loans in 2009 were four times that of 2006, raising concern that year that if the economy were to dip back into recession, more Fed funds could be required to keep those loans afloat. Frank's response was that the additional defaults—2.2% more of the total portfolio in 2009 than the year before—were worth the economic stabilization of the broader policy, noting "It was an effort to keep prices from falling too fast." In that context, he opined, "I don't think it's a bad thing that the bad loans occurred." In fact, the unprecedented number of loans made since 2008 were noted to be performing far better than those in the prior two years.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions_and_votes">Political positions and votes</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg/220px-Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg/330px-Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg/440px-Barney_Frank_in_Congressional_office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1419" data-file-height="1163" /></a><figcaption>Frank in 2002 in his congressional office</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3></div> <p>In 2009 Frank had a 100% rating from <a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a>, indicating a <a href="/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice">pro-choice</a> voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He voted against the <a href="/wiki/Partial-Birth_Abortion_Ban_Act" title="Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act">Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> against the <a href="/wiki/Unborn_Victims_of_Violence_Act" title="Unborn Victims of Violence Act">Unborn Victims of Violence Act</a><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and against restrictions on the transportation of minors across state lines by non-family members to circumvent local abortion laws. In 1993 Frank co-sponsored the "Freedom of Choice Act" (H.R.25) (1993-H25) to "protect the reproductive rights of women".<sup id="cite_ref-foa_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foa-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, he co-sponsored the "Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act" (S.3945) (06-S3945), a bill for "emergency contraception for rape victims".<sup id="cite_ref-foa_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foa-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007 he co-sponsored the "Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act" (S.1800 &amp; HR.2064) (07-HR2064) to "providing emergency contraception at military facilities"; the "Prevention First Act" (S.21&amp;H.R.463 2009-S21) to "expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce <a href="/wiki/Unintended_pregnancy" title="Unintended pregnancy">unintended pregnancy</a>, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care".<sup id="cite_ref-foa_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foa-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_rights">Civil rights</h3></div> <p>In 1987, Frank was the Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations in the <a href="/wiki/100th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="100th Congress">100th Congress</a>. In this position, he was one of the staunchest supporters of redress and reparations for <a href="/wiki/Japanese_American_internment" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese American internment">Japanese American internment</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, Frank co-sponsored an <a href="/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="List of amendments to the United States Constitution">amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a> to apply <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women&#39;s rights">equal rights</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Gender_differences" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender differences">gender differences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2002 he co-sponsored the "Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act" (H.R.4561) to require a "Privacy Impact Statement" on new federal rules.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2002 he was scored at 93% by the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> on civil rights issues indicating a pro-<a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Frank was one of three Representatives to oppose the <a href="/wiki/Respect_for_America%27s_Fallen_Heroes_Act" title="Respect for America&#39;s Fallen Heroes Act">Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act</a>, which restricted protests (notably those of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Phelps" title="Fred Phelps">Fred Phelps</a>' <a href="/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church" title="Westboro Baptist Church">Westboro Baptist Church</a>) at soldiers' funerals. He opposed the bill, which passed unanimously in the Senate, on <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">constitutional</a> grounds. Frank said of the vote, "I think it's very likely to be found unconstitutional. It's true that when you defend civil liberties you are typically defending people who do obnoxious things ... You play into their hand when you let them provoke you into overdoing it. I don't want these thugs to [make the] claim [that] America is hypocritical."<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</a> scored him at 100% in 2006 indicating a pro-<a href="/wiki/Affirmative-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Affirmative-action">affirmative-action</a> stance.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Frank co-sponsored the "Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act" (S.2521/H.R.4838) to "provide benefits to <a href="/wiki/Domestic_partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic partners">domestic partners</a> of Federal employees".<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That same year, he co-sponsored the "<a href="/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Equal Rights Amendment">Equal Rights Amendment</a>" (S.J.RES.10/H.J.RES.40) to "strengthen the ongoing efforts of women across the country to obtain equal treatment."<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2009, he signed bills recognizing the 40th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_riots" title="Stonewall riots">Stonewall riots</a> and the 100th anniversary of the NAACP.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frank has been outspoken on many <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> issues, including lesbian, gay, <a href="/wiki/Bisexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisexual">bisexual</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> (<a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a>) <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights by country or territory">rights</a>. In 1987, he publicly <a href="/wiki/Came_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Came out">came out</a> as gay.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1990, Frank was instrumental in crafting the <a href="/wiki/1990_Immigration_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 Immigration Act">1990 Immigration Act</a>, which restated the reasons for which a person could be denied entry into the country. The act did not include "<a href="/wiki/Sexual_preference" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual preference">sexual preference</a> exclusion[s]", reforming earlier immigration law which allowed persons to be excluded for a sexual deviance "afflict[ion]".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He said in a 1996 interview: "I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a <a href="/wiki/Left-handedness" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-handedness">left-handed</a> gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority." In 1995, then-Republican <a href="/wiki/House_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Majority Leader">House Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey">Dick Armey</a> famously referred to Frank as "Barney <a href="/wiki/Faggot_(slang)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faggot (slang)">Fag</a>" in a press interview. Armey apologized and said it was "a slip of the tongue". Frank did not accept Armey's explanation, saying "I turned to my own expert, my mother, who reports that in 59 years of marriage, no one ever introduced her as Elsie Fag."<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1998, Frank founded the national LGBT Democratic organization, <a href="/wiki/National_Stonewall_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="National Stonewall Democrats">National Stonewall Democrats</a>. </p><p>In 2006, Frank and incoming <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> were accused by Rep. <a href="/wiki/John_Hostettler" title="John Hostettler">John Hostettler</a> (R-<a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">IN</a>) of having a "radical <a href="/wiki/Homosexual_agenda" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual agenda">homosexual agenda</a>"; Frank responded "I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of LGBT people: they include the <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">right to marry the individual of our choice</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_ask,_don%27t_tell" title="Don&#39;t ask, don&#39;t tell">right to serve in the military</a> to defend our country; and the <a href="/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_in_the_United_States" title="Employment discrimination law in the United States">right to a job based solely on our own qualifications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RFOTIOPWT_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFOTIOPWT-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> I acknowledge that this is an agenda, but I do not think that any self-respecting <a href="/wiki/Political_radicalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Political radicalism">radical</a> in history would have considered advocating people's rights to get married, join the army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary" title="Revolutionary">revolutionary</a> platform."<sup id="cite_ref-RFOTIOPWT_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFOTIOPWT-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank's stance on <a href="/wiki/Outing" title="Outing">outing</a> gay Republicans has been called the "Frank Rule" whereby a <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closeted</a> person who uses her or his power, position, or notoriety to hurt <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people can be outed.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The issue became relevant during the <a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley_scandal" title="Mark Foley scandal">Mark Foley scandal</a> of 2006, during which Frank clarified his position on <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" title="Real Time with Bill Maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a></i>: "I think there's a <a href="/wiki/Privacy_law" title="Privacy law">right to privacy</a>. But the right to privacy should not be a right to <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy" title="Hypocrisy">hypocrisy</a>. And people who want to demonize other people shouldn't then be able to go home and close the door and do it themselves."<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2009, Frank was one of three <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">openly</a> gay members of Congress, along with <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. In April 2009, Frank was named in the LGBT magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Out_(magazine)" title="Out (magazine)">Out</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s "Annual Power 50 List", landing at the top spot.<sup id="cite_ref-out-2009_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-out-2009-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006 the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a> scored him at 100% indicating a pro-<a href="/wiki/Gay-rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay-rights">gay-rights</a> stance.<sup id="cite_ref-FCvl_86-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCvl-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime">Crime</h3></div> <p>In 2000, Frank was rated at 89% by <a href="/wiki/Citizens_United_for_Rehabilitation_of_Errants" title="Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants">Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants</a>, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes.<sup id="cite_ref-FrOC_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrOC-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He co-sponsored "Innocence Protection Act of 2001" (H.R. 912, S.486) to "reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed [by examining DNA evidence more thoroughly]" and the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001" (H.R.1038, S.233) to limit capital punishment until the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_the_Death_Penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="National Commission on the Death Penalty">National Commission on the Death Penalty</a> reviewed the "fairness of the imposition of the death penalty".<sup id="cite_ref-FrOC_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrOC-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, he also co-sponsored the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" (01-HR1343) to "provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute <a href="/wiki/Hate_crimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Hate crimes">hate crimes</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FrOC_94-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrOC-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank co-sponsored the "Recidivism Reduction and Second Chance Act of 2007" to reduce <a href="/wiki/Recidivism" title="Recidivism">recidivism</a>. (this became Public Law No: 110-199).<sup id="cite_ref-FrOC_94-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrOC-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drugs">Drugs</h3></div> <p>In 2001, Frank authored the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act (H.R. 2592), an attempt to stop the federal government from preempting <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Medical cannabis in the United States">state medical marijuana laws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He consistently voted for the bipartisan <a href="/wiki/Rohrabacher%E2%80%93Farr_amendment" title="Rohrabacher–Farr amendment">Hinchey–Rohrabacher amendment</a>, annually proposed by <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hinchey" title="Maurice Hinchey">Maurice Hinchey</a> (D-<a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">NY</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Rohrabacher" title="Dana Rohrabacher">Dana Rohrabacher</a> (R-<a href="/wiki/California" title="California">CA</a>), to prohibit the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Justice Department</a> from prosecuting individuals complying with state medical cannabis laws.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In March 2008, he proposed the <a href="/wiki/Personal_Use_of_Marijuana_by_Responsible_Adults_Act_of_2008" title="Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008">Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008</a> (HR 5843), which would have <a href="/wiki/Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States">legalized at the federal level small amounts of the drug</a>, but which died in committee during the 110th Congress. On June 18, 2009, he re-introduced the bill as the <a href="/wiki/Personal_Use_of_Marijuana_by_Responsible_Adults_Act_of_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009">Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009</a> (HR 2943).<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 23, 2011, Frank introduced the <a href="/wiki/Ending_Federal_Marijuana_Prohibition_Act" title="Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act">Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act</a> to remove marijuana from the <a href="/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act" title="Controlled Substances Act">Controlled Substances Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Commenting on legislation to remove federal criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use, Frank stated "In a free society a large degree of human activity is none of the government's business. We should make criminal what's going to hurt other people and other than that we should leave it to people to make their own choices."<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2003, he was rated "A" by Vote Hemp, indicating a pro-hemp voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006 he was rated "+30" by <a href="/wiki/NORML" class="mw-redirect" title="NORML">NORML</a>, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance.<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007 he co-sponsored the "Drug Sentencing Reform &amp; Kingpin Trafficking Act" ((S.1711) 07-S1711) to "target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine".<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_100-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008, Frank sponsored "Removing Impediments to Students Education" (RISE) ((H.R.5157) 08-HR5157) to allow rehabilitated drug offenders to get student loans.<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_100-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 Frank signed the "Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act" (HR 179 2009-H179) to "use Federal funds for <a href="/wiki/Syringe_exchange_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Syringe exchange program">syringe exchange programs</a> for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral <a href="/wiki/Hepatitis" title="Hepatitis">hepatitis</a>" and the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Hemp_Farming_Act_of_2009" title="Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009">Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009</a> (H.R.1866 2009-H1866) to "grant each state regulating authority for the growing and processing of industrial hemp."<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_100-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_issues">Economic issues</h3></div> <p>Frank was a member of the Congressional Internet Caucus established in 1996 to "promoting growth and advancement of the Internet and advance the United States' world leadership in the digital world".<sup id="cite_ref-Ftech_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ftech-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, he co-sponsored the "Anti-Spamming Act" (01-HR718) to protect people and businesses from "unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail".<sup id="cite_ref-Ftech_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ftech-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, Frank voted for the "Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act" (Bill HR 5252 Amendment 987) to "establish "<a href="/wiki/Network_neutrality" class="mw-redirect" title="Network neutrality">network neutrality</a>" (non-tiered Internet)."<sup id="cite_ref-Ftech_101-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ftech-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008, Frank voted against the "FISA Amendments Act" (Bill HR6304) which would give retroactive immunity for those involved in the <a href="/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="NSA warrantless surveillance controversy">NSA warrantless surveillance controversy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ftech_101-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ftech-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That same year, he co-sponsored overturning <a href="/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership#United_States" title="Concentration of media ownership">FCC approval of media consolidation</a> (S.J.RES.28&amp;H.J.RES.79 2008-SJR28).<sup id="cite_ref-Ftech_101-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ftech-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3></div> <p>In 1993, Frank co-sponsored "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments" (H.R.3392) to regulate more contaminants under the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Clean Water Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOENV_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOENV-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, he co-sponsored the "National Forest Protection and Restoration Act" (H.R.1494) to "prohibiting commercial logging on Federal public lands".<sup id="cite_ref-FOENV_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOENV-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2003, he was rated 95% by the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a>, indicating pro-environment votes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOENV_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOENV-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007, he co-sponsored the "Great Cats and Rare Canids Act" (H.R.1464) to "provide financial resources and to foster international cooperation for promoting conservation of rare <a href="/wiki/Felids" class="mw-redirect" title="Felids">felids</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Canids" class="mw-redirect" title="Canids">canids</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOENV_102-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOENV-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the same year, he co-sponsored the "Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act" (S.261/H.R.137) to "strengthen prohibitions against <a href="/wiki/Animal_fighting" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal fighting">animal fighting</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOENV_102-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOENV-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3></div> <p>In 1996 Frank co-sponsored the "Federal Law Enforcement Dependents Assistance Act" (H.R.4111. Became Public Law No: 104–238.) "to provide educational assistance to the dependents of Federal law enforcement officials who are killed or disabled in the performance of their duties."<sup id="cite_ref-hls_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hls-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001 Frank co-sponsored "the MX Missile Stand-Down Act" (01-HR2718) to take fifty <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeper_missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacekeeper missiles">Peacekeeper missiles</a> off of high-alert status as well as the Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act (01-HR948).<sup id="cite_ref-hls_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hls-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of December 2003, Frank had an 89% rating by <a href="/wiki/Peace_Action" title="Peace Action">Peace Action</a>, indicating a pro-peace voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-hls_103-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hls-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2005, he co-sponsored "Rail Security Act" (S.1379/H.R.153) (05-S1379) giving higher priority to rail transportation security.<sup id="cite_ref-hls_103-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hls-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2008, he co-sponsored the "Veterans Suicide Study Act" ( (S.2899/H.R.4204) 08-S2899) designed to study and address suicides among veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-hls_103-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hls-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank advocated for a 25-percent reduction in the overall <a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Military budget of the United States</a>. "The math is compelling: if we do not make reductions approximating 25 percent of the military budget starting fairly soon, it will be impossible to continue to fund an adequate level of domestic activity ... ," wrote Frank. He claimed that such a significant reduction would have no effect on the United States' ability to defend itself. "If," he said, "beginning one year from now, we were to cut military spending by 25 percent from its projected levels, we would still be immeasurably stronger than any combination of nations with whom we might be engaged."<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank supports having fewer <a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes</a>, but also supports a $3-billion <a href="/wiki/General_Electric/Rolls-Royce_F136" title="General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136">backup engine project</a> that the Pentagon does not want.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank told <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Keith_Olbermann" title="Keith Olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a> that he actually wanted to cut the entire F-35 program, but as long as military spending continued, he would fight for his district's share of it.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Online_gambling">Online gambling</h3></div> <p>Frank has partnered with <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> in support of online gambling rights. In 2006, both strongly opposed H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act, and H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To restore online gambling rights, in 2007 Frank sponsored H.R. 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This bill would have established licensing and regulation of online gaming sites. It provided for age verification and protections for compulsive gamblers. In 2008, he and Paul introduced H.R. 5767, the Payment Systems Protection Act, a bill that sought to place a moratorium on enforcement of the <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_Internet_Gambling_Enforcement_Act_of_2006" title="Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006">Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006</a> while the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Treasury_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Treasury Department">United States Treasury Department</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve</a> defined "unlawful Internet gambling". As a result of these efforts, Frank (who does not gamble) has been praised by <a href="/wiki/Poker" title="Poker">poker</a> players and online gamblers, including many Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations_with_Israel">Relations with Israel</h3></div> <p>Frank has been a determined supporter of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Israel">State of Israel</a>. "The Israeli government has been a wholly democratic one from the beginning," he said in a lecture to students. "It is one of the freest democracies in the world".<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He attributed the primary reason for Israel's long war to his belief that Palestinians are unwilling to make concessions. </p><p>In August 2009, a confidential memo written by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Israel" title="List of diplomatic missions of Israel">consul general of Israel</a> in Boston, <a href="/wiki/Nadav_Tamir" title="Nadav Tamir">Nadav Tamir</a>, was leaked to the Israeli media. In the memo, Tamir said that Israel's dealings with the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a> on differences over <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">settlements</a> were eroding <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Israel–United States relations">US support</a>. After Tamir was reprimanded by the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli government">Israeli government</a>, Frank defended Tamir in a letter sent to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, in which Frank wrote: "I was sorry to learn that he (Tamir) is being criticized because of his accurate reporting of significant (negative) sentiment in the United States ... If the people who work for me did not give me the kind of straightforward, thoughtful analysis that the consul is providing, even if it wasn't the most welcome news, that failure — not the information — would cause me unhappiness."<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-House_career">Post-House career</h2></div> <p>In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_cliff" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal cliff">fiscal cliff</a> legislation at the start of 2013, Frank stated<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> that he was interested in the interim appointment that Governor <a href="/wiki/Deval_Patrick" title="Deval Patrick">Deval Patrick</a> was expected to make to fill <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>'s <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seat once the latter resigned<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to serve as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>. Frank had initially said he was not interested in the seat, but went on to change his mind, noting that "that [fiscal cliff] deal now means that February, March, and April are going to be among the most important months in American financial history". He said he would not run in the special election that would be held to fill the seat for the remainder of Kerry's term.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frank joined the board of directors of the New York-based <a href="/wiki/Signature_Bank" title="Signature Bank">Signature Bank</a> on June 17, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-blogs.wsj.com_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blogs.wsj.com-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Frank was featured on <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen" title="Sacha Baron Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>'s spoof comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Is_America%3F" title="Who Is America?">Who Is America?</a></i>, discussing the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape">Donald Trump <i>Access Hollywood</i> tape</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory" title="Pizzagate conspiracy theory">Pizzagate conspiracy theory</a> with Baron Cohen's alter ego Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. Frank eventually walked out of the interview. </p><p>On December 8, 2022, Frank, despite being retired from the U.S. Congress, was present on the floor of the House of Representatives when the <a href="/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act" title="Respect for Marriage Act">Respect for Marriage Act</a> was successfully passed.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-poised-pass-bill-protecting-same-sex-interracial/story?id=94494928">[1]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Frank resides in a studio apartment complex in <a href="/wiki/Newton,_Massachusetts" title="Newton, Massachusetts">Newton, Massachusetts</a>. His husband, Jim Ready, is a <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a> enthusiast whom Frank met during a gay political fundraiser in <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate2_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July 7, 2012, Frank married Ready at the Boston Marriott Newton in suburban <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank's net worth was estimated by <a href="/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets">OpenSecrets</a> to be between $619,024 and $1,510,000.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank chose not to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_pension" title="Congressional pension">Congressional pension</a> system. He said he did not believe that he would live long enough after retirement to reap benefits over contributions, and that he was convinced that he would remain single and have no beneficiary.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His sister, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Lewis" title="Ann Lewis">Ann Lewis</a>, served as a senior adviser for the <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign">Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Subsequently, after leaving office, I half jokingly objected when Bill Maher, one of my favorite TV hosts, asked if I felt uncomfortable sitting next to a pot-smoking atheist on the set of his show. I replied that that there were two of us on that stage who fit those categories. The media reached the conclusion that I had come out as an atheist. In fact, I am not an atheist. I don't know enough to have any firm view on the subject, and it has never seemed important to me. I have had a life-long aversion to wrestling with questions that I know I can never answer. My tolerance for intellectual uncertainty is very low.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrank2015218_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrank2015218-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>On August 3, 2013, Frank expressed sympathy with the host's <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a> on the television program <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" title="Real Time with Bill Maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his biography, however, Frank states unequivocally that he is not an atheist and is uncomfortable expressing firm views on questions for which he is unable to provide an answer. Frank's agnosticism led him to resolve—if he had been appointed as interim senator—to take the <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_office" title="Oath of office">oath of office</a> on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>, rather than the Bible. For most of his life and entire congressional career, Frank was known as a Jew. Frank continues to identify strongly with the Jewish community and has been careful throughout his career that his agnosticism not reflect negatively on other Jews. For example, when he stopped going to temple services on the <a href="/wiki/High_Holy_Days" title="High Holy Days">High Holy Days</a> he was careful to remain at home and out of the public eye so that other Jews would not be criticized using his example.<sup id="cite_ref-us.macmillan.com_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us.macmillan.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, the <a href="/wiki/American_Humanist_Association" title="American Humanist Association">American Humanist Association</a> awarded Frank the Humanist of the Year<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and during his acceptance speech he spoke about his personal beliefs and the complexities of working in government. He talked primarily about the politicized case of <a href="/wiki/Terri_Schiavo" class="mw-redirect" title="Terri Schiavo">Terri Schiavo</a> and the public's evolving view about government intrusion into personal healthcare decisions.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>That notion, that there was a religious obligation to intervene in human affairs, angered most of the American people. You've got to show people what the implications are of the view that religion should govern our public affairs, as opposed to being merely a personal guide.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexuality">Sexuality</h3></div> <p>According to Stuart Weisberg's 2009 biography <i>Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman</i>, Frank dated women in an effort to deny his homosexuality. His last romance with a woman was a nearly two-year-long affair with Irish-American Catholic <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Sullivan_Alioto" title="Kathleen Sullivan Alioto">Kathleen Sullivan</a>, a Boston School Committee member and the daughter of former <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sullivan_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Sullivan (American football)">Billy Sullivan</a>, that began in 1974. When the two split up, at Frank's instigation, he admitted to her that he was gay. He was still closeted publicly. According to Frank, he "realized it was crazy" to try to have a romance with someone he cared for but was not sexually compatible with due to his homosexuality. "That was the last effort to avoid being gay," Weisberg quotes Frank as saying. Frank never again dated a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Boston_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Magazine">Boston Magazine</a>, Frank said it was unfair to Sullivan to date her with him being gay.<sup id="cite_ref-dating_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dating-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frank started <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">coming out</a> as gay to friends before he ran for Congress and came out publicly on May 30, 1987, "prompted in part by increased media interest in his private life" and the death of <a href="/wiki/Stewart_McKinney_(politician)" title="Stewart McKinney (politician)">Stewart McKinney</a>, "a <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closeted</a> <a href="/wiki/Bisexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisexual">bisexual</a> Republican representative from Connecticut". Frank told <i>The Washington Post</i> after McKinney's death that there was "An unfortunate debate about 'Was he or wasn't he? Didn't he or did he?' I said to myself, I don't want that to happen to me."<sup id="cite_ref-anniversary_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anniversary-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-to_be_Frank_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-to_be_Frank-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barney_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barney-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Frank's announcement had little impact on his electoral prospects.<sup id="cite_ref-to_be_Frank_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-to_be_Frank-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Shortly after coming out, Frank met and began dating Herb Moses, an economist and LGBT activist; their relationship lasted for eleven years until an amicable break-up in July 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-to_be_Frank_131-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-to_be_Frank-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-And_Then_The_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_Then_The-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moses, who was an executive at Fannie Mae from 1991 to 1998, was the first partner of an openly gay member of Congress to receive spousal benefits and the two were considered "Washington's most powerful and influential gay couple".<sup id="cite_ref-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <caption><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts04&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 4th congressional district">Massachusetts's 4th congressional district</a></span>: Results 1980–2010<sup id="cite_ref-clerk_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerk-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fedelect_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fedelect-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democrat </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th> </th> <th>Third Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th> </th> <th>Third Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1980">1980</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">103,466 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">52% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Richard Jones </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">95,898 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1982" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1982">1982</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">151,305 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">60% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Heckler" title="Margaret Heckler">Margaret Heckler</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">82,804 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1984">1984</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">172,903 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">74% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Jim Forte </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">60,121 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1986">1986</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">134,387 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">89% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Thomas DeVisscher </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">16,857 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">11% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1988" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1988">1988</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">169,729 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Debra Tucker </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">71,661 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1990">1990</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">143,473 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">John Soto </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">75,454 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1992">1992</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">182,633 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Edward McCormick </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">70,665 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Luke Lumina </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Independent Voters </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">13,670 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">5% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Dennis Ingalls </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_for_LaRouche" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom for LaRouche">Freedom for LaRouche</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2,797 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1994" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1994">1994</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">168,942 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">99% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Others </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">853 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1996">1996</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">183,844 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">72% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Jonathan Raymond </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">72,701 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1998">1998</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">148,340 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Others </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2,380 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2000">2000</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">200,638 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">75% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Martin Travis </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56,553 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">David Euchner </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">10,553 </td> <td style="background:#FED105">4% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2002">2002</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">166,125 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">99% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Others </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1,691 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2004">2004</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">219,260 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">78% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Morse_(journalist)" title="Chuck Morse (journalist)">Charles Morse</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">62,293 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">22% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2006">2006</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">196,513 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><i>No candidate</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Others </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2,730 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2008">2008</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">203,032 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Earl Sholley </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">75,571 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Susan Allen </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">19,848 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">7% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 2010">2010</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Barney Frank</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">126,194 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Bielat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Bielat">Sean Bielat</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">101,517 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Susan Allen </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">3,445 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Donald Jordan </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Tax Revolt Independent </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">2,873 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">1% </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FeWOGwAACAAJ"><i>Financing Foreign Aid: A Case Study in the Budgetary Process</i></a> (1962)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9g1BGwAACAAJ"><i>Budget for a Strong America</i></a> (1989)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/speakingfranklyw00fran"><i>Speaking 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Congressman <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Studds" title="Gerry Studds">Gerry Studds</a> had been the only openly gay federal legislator, having survived the revelation during a <a href="/wiki/1983_congressional_page_sex_scandal" title="1983 congressional page sex scandal">1983 Congressional sex scandal</a> that he had had a relationship with a seventeen-year-old male <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_Page" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives Page">page</a> a decade earlier.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120719164948/http://www.biography.com/people/barney-frank-20878097">"Barney Frank Biography"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Biography_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="The Biography Channel">The Biography Channel</a>. 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Amherst: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Press" title="University of Massachusetts Press">University of Massachusetts Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781558497214" title="Special:BookSources/9781558497214"><bdi>9781558497214</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Barney+Frank%3A+the+Story+of+America%27s+only+left-handed%2C+gay%2C+Jewish+congressman&amp;rft.place=Amherst&amp;rft.pub=University+of+Massachusetts+Press&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=9781558497214&amp;rft.aulast=Weisberg&amp;rft.aufirst=S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbarneyfrankstory00weis&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dating-129"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dating_129-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Zulen-Wood2015" class="citation web cs1">Van Zulen-Wood, Simon (March 16, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/03/16/barney-frank-interview/">"Q&amp;A with Barney Frank"</a>. <i>Boston Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 19,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Boston+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=Q%26A+with+Barney+Frank&amp;rft.date=2015-03-16&amp;rft.aulast=Van+Zulen-Wood&amp;rft.aufirst=Simon&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonmagazine.com%2Fnews%2F2015%2F03%2F16%2Fbarney-frank-interview%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-anniversary-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-anniversary_130-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKiritsy2007" class="citation news cs1">Kiritsy, Laura (May 31, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200512202135/http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&amp;sc=glbt&amp;sc2=news&amp;sc3=&amp;id=20762">"Happy Anniversary, Barney Frank!"</a>. <i>Edge Boston</i>. 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(October 2, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/10/02/to_be_frank/">"To Be Frank"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe#Magazine" title="The Boston Globe">Globe Magazine</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Globe+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=To+Be+Frank&amp;rft.date=2005-10-02&amp;rft.aulast=Pierce&amp;rft.aufirst=Charles+P.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fglobe%2Fmagazine%2Farticles%2F2005%2F10%2F02%2Fto_be_frank%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barney-132"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barney_132-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarlos_Santoscoy2009" class="citation web cs1">Carlos Santoscoy (September 20, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100102204753/http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4568&amp;MediaType=1&amp;Category=26">"Barney Frank's 'Left-Handed Gay Jew' No Tell-All"</a>. <i>On Top Magazine</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4568&amp;MediaType=1&amp;Category=26">the original</a> on January 2, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=On+Top+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=Barney+Frank%27s+%27Left-Handed+Gay+Jew%27+No+Tell-All&amp;rft.date=2009-09-20&amp;rft.au=Carlos+Santoscoy&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fontopmag.com%2Farticle.aspx%3Fid%3D4568%26MediaType%3D1%26Category%3D26&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ-134"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ_134-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DC&#39;s_Most_Influ_134-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WD0dAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=6736,534553&amp;dq=washington&#39;s-most-prominent-and-influential-gay-couple-rep-barney-frank&amp;hl=en">"DC's Most Influential Gay Couple Calls It Quits"</a>. <i>The Tuscaloosa News (<a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>)</i>. July 3, 1998<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Tuscaloosa+News+%28Associated+Press%29&amp;rft.atitle=DC%27s+Most+Influential+Gay+Couple+Calls+It+Quits&amp;rft.date=1998-07-03&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DWD0dAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6736%2C534553%26dq%3Dwashington%27s-most-prominent-and-influential-gay-couple-rep-barney-frank%26hl%3Den&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-And_Then_The-135"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-And_Then_The_135-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClaudia_Dreifus1996" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Dreifus" title="Claudia Dreifus">Claudia Dreifus</a> (February 4, 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/04/magazine/and-then-there-was-frank.html">"And Then There Was Frank"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=And+Then+There+Was+Frank&amp;rft.date=1996-02-04&amp;rft.au=Claudia+Dreifus&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1996%2F02%2F04%2Fmagazine%2Fand-then-there-was-frank.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-clerk-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-clerk_136-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html">"Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics"</a>. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html">the original</a> on July 25, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Office+of+the+House+Clerk+%E2%80%93+Electoral+Statistics&amp;rft.pub=Clerk+of+the+United+States+House+of+Representatives&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.house.gov%2Fmember_info%2FelectionInfo%2Findex.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fedelect-137"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fedelect_137-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/electionresults.shtml">"Election Results"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Election+Results&amp;rft.pub=Federal+Election+Commission&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fec.gov%2Fpubrec%2Felectionresults.shtml&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank2015" class="citation book cs1">Frank, B. (2015). <i>Frank: a life in politics from the Great Society to same-sex marriage</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux" title="Farrar, Straus and Giroux">Farrar, Straus and Giroux</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780374280307" title="Special:BookSources/9780374280307"><bdi>9780374280307</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Frank%3A+a+life+in+politics+from+the+Great+Society+to+same-sex+marriage&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Farrar%2C+Straus+and+Giroux&amp;rft.date=2015&amp;rft.isbn=9780374280307&amp;rft.aulast=Frank&amp;rft.aufirst=B.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRuttman2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Ruttman" title="Larry Ruttman">Ruttman, L.</a> (2013). "Barney Frank: Fan and Congressman". <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/americanjewsamer00rutt"><i>American Jews and America's Game</i></a></span>. Lincoln: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_Press" title="University of Nebraska Press">University of Nebraska Press</a>. pp.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/americanjewsamer00rutt/page/55">55</a>–64. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780803264755" title="Special:BookSources/9780803264755"><bdi>9780803264755</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Barney+Frank%3A+Fan+and+Congressman&amp;rft.btitle=American+Jews+and+America%27s+Game&amp;rft.place=Lincoln&amp;rft.pages=55-64&amp;rft.pub=University+of+Nebraska+Press&amp;rft.date=2013&amp;rft.isbn=9780803264755&amp;rft.aulast=Ruttman&amp;rft.aufirst=L.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Famericanjewsamer00rutt&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeisberg2009" class="citation book cs1">Weisberg, S. (2009). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/barneyfrankstory00weis"><i>Barney Frank: the Story of America's only left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman</i></a></span>. Amherst: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Press" title="University of Massachusetts Press">University of Massachusetts Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781558497214" title="Special:BookSources/9781558497214"><bdi>9781558497214</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Barney+Frank%3A+the+Story+of+America%27s+only+left-handed%2C+gay%2C+Jewish+congressman&amp;rft.place=Amherst&amp;rft.pub=University+of+Massachusetts+Press&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=9781558497214&amp;rft.aulast=Weisberg&amp;rft.aufirst=S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbarneyfrankstory00weis&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarney+Frank" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <link 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Database)</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold">Eliot Wadsworth</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_5th_Suffolk_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives&#39; 5th Suffolk district">5th</a> Suffolk district </b><br />1973–1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Sedgwick" title="Theodore Sedgwick">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemas_Ward" title="Artemas Ward">Ward Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lyman_(congressman)" title="William Lyman (congressman)">W. Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Shepard" title="William Shepard">Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Crowninshield" title="Jacob Crowninshield">J. Crowninshield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Story" title="Joseph Story">Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Pickman_Jr." title="Benjamin Pickman Jr.">Pickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reed_(politician)" title="William Reed (politician)">W. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pickering" title="Timothy Pickering">Pickering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Silsbee" title="Nathaniel Silsbee">Silsbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Barstow" title="Gideon Barstow">Barstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Williams_Crowninshield" title="Benjamin Williams Crowninshield">B. Crowninshield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Choate" title="Rufus Choate">Choate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_C._Phillips" title="Stephen C. Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverett_Saltonstall_I" title="Leverett Saltonstall I">Saltonstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_P._King" title="Daniel P. King">D. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rantoul_Jr." title="Robert Rantoul Jr.">Rantoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_B._Fay" title="Francis B. Fay">Fay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Crocker" title="Samuel L. Crocker">Crocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Buffington_(politician)" title="James Buffington (politician)">Buffington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakes_Ames" title="Oakes Ames">O. Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_W._Harris" title="Benjamin W. Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_Long" title="John Davis Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_A._Morse" title="Elijah A. Morse">E. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_H._Gillett" title="Frederick H. Gillett">Gillett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Churchill" title="George B. Churchill">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Bowles" title="Henry L. Bowles">Bowles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Kirk_Kaynor" title="Will Kirk Kaynor">Kaynor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Granfield" title="William J. Granfield">Granfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Clason" title="Charles R. Clason">Clason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Furcolo" title="Foster Furcolo">Furcolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boland" title="Edward Boland">Boland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neal" title="Richard Neal">Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">McGovern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts03&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry" title="Elbridge Gerry">Gerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shearjashub_Bourne" title="Shearjashub Bourne">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Coffin_Jr." title="Peleg Coffin Jr.">Coffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lyman" title="Samuel Lyman">S. Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Mattoon" title="Ebenezer Mattoon">Mattoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_Cutler" title="Manasseh Cutler">Cutler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Nelson" title="Jeremiah Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_St._Loe_Livermore" title="Edward St. Loe Livermore">Livermore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_White_(politician)" title="Leonard White (politician)">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Pickering" title="Timothy Pickering">Pickering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Nelson" title="Jeremiah Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Varnum" title="John Varnum">Varnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Nelson" title="Jeremiah Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayton_P._Osgood" title="Gayton P. Osgood">Osgood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Cushing" title="Caleb Cushing">Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Abbott" title="Amos Abbott">A. Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Duncan" title="James H. Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Wiley_Edmands" title="J. Wiley Edmands">Edmands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Damrell" title="William S. Damrell">Damrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_Sr." title="Charles Francis Adams Sr.">C. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thomas_(politician)" title="Benjamin Thomas (politician)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_H._Rice" title="Alexander H. Rice">A. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginery_Twichell" title="Ginery Twichell">Twichell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whiting_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="William Whiting (Massachusetts politician)">Whiting I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Pierce" title="Henry L. Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walbridge_A._Field" title="Walbridge A. Field">Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Dean" title="Benjamin Dean">B. Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walbridge_A._Field" title="Walbridge A. Field">Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Ranney" title="Ambrose Ranney">Ranney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Morse" title="Leopold Morse">L. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Andrew" title="John F. Andrew">J. Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Walker" title="Joseph H. Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Thayer" title="John R. Thayer">J. R. Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwood_Hoar" title="Rockwood Hoar">R. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Washburn" title="Charles G. Washburn">C. Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Thayer" title="John A. Thayer">J. A. Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wilder" title="William Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Paige" title="Calvin Paige">Paige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_H._Foss" title="Frank H. Foss">F. Foss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Casey" title="Joseph E. Casey">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_J._Philbin" title="Philip J. Philbin">Philbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Drinan" title="Robert Drinan">Drinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Donohue" title="Harold Donohue">Donohue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_D._Early" title="Joseph D. Early">Early</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Blute" title="Peter Blute">Blute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niki_Tsongas" title="Niki Tsongas">N. Tsongas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Trahan" title="Lori Trahan">Trahan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts04&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Sedgwick" title="Theodore Sedgwick">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dearborn" title="Henry Dearborn">Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thatcher" title="George Thatcher">G. Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Wadsworth" title="Peleg Wadsworth">Wadsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Foster_(politician,_born_1757)" title="Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757)">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Lincoln_Sr." title="Levi Lincoln Sr.">L. Lincoln Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Hastings" title="Seth Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bradley_Varnum" title="Joseph Bradley Varnum">Varnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Richardson" title="William M. Richardson">W. Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dana_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Samuel Dana (Massachusetts politician)">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahel_Stearns" title="Asahel Stearns">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Fuller" title="Timothy Fuller">Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Everett" title="Edward Everett">E. Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hoar" title="Samuel Hoar">Sa. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Parmenter" title="William Parmenter">Parmenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson_(politician)" title="Benjamin Thompson (politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Palfrey" title="John G. Palfrey">Palfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson_(politician)" title="Benjamin Thompson (politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Sabine" title="Lorenzo Sabine">Sabine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_H._Walley" title="Samuel H. Walley">Walley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linus_B._Comins" title="Linus B. Comins">Comins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_H._Rice" title="Alexander H. Rice">A. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hooper" title="Samuel Hooper">Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_S._Frost" title="Rufus S. Frost">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Gardner_Abbott" title="Josiah Gardner Abbott">J. Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Morse" title="Leopold Morse">L. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Collins_(mayor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Collins (mayor)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._O%27Neil" title="Joseph H. O&#39;Neil">O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_D._Apsley" title="Lewis D. Apsley">Apsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Weymouth" title="George W. Weymouth">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Tirrell" title="Charles Q. Tirrell">Tirrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Mitchell" title="John Joseph Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wilder" title="William Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Winslow" title="Samuel Winslow">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Stobbs" title="George R. Stobbs">Stobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pehr_G._Holmes" title="Pehr G. Holmes">P. Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Donohue" title="Harold Donohue">Donohue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Drinan" title="Robert Drinan">Drinan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kennedy_III" title="Joe Kennedy III">Kennedy III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Auchincloss" title="Jake Auchincloss">Auchincloss</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts05&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Partridge" title="George Partridge">Partridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shearjashub_Bourne" title="Shearjashub Bourne">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Freeman_Jr." title="Nathaniel Freeman Jr.">Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Williams" title="Lemuel Williams">L. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dwight_(politician)" title="Thomas Dwight (politician)">T. Dwight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ely" title="William Ely">Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_H._Mills" title="Elijah H. Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lathrop" title="Samuel Lathrop">Lathrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Sibley" title="Jonas Sibley">Sibley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)" title="John Davis (Massachusetts governor)">J. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Lincoln_Jr." title="Levi Lincoln Jr.">L. Lincoln Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Charles Hudson (American politician)">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Allen_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Charles Allen (Massachusetts politician)">C. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Appleton_(politician)" title="William Appleton (politician)">W. Appleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_Burlingame" title="Anson Burlingame">Burlingame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Appleton_(politician)" title="William Appleton (politician)">W. Appleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hooper" title="Samuel Hooper">Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Alley" title="John B. Alley">Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Butler" title="Benjamin Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Gooch" title="Daniel W. Gooch">Gooch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_Z._Bowman" title="Selwyn Z. Bowman">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Morse" title="Leopold Morse">L. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_D._Hayden" title="Edward D. Hayden">Hayden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Hoar" title="Sherman Hoar">Sh. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_T._Stevens" title="Moses T. Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Shadrach_Knox" class="mw-redirect" title="William Shadrach Knox">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_Ames" title="Butler Ames">B. Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rogers" title="John Jacob Rogers">J. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Nourse_Rogers" title="Edith Nourse Rogers">E. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Bradford_Morse" title="F. Bradford Morse">B. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_W._Cronin" title="Paul W. Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tsongas" title="Paul Tsongas">P. Tsongas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Shannon_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="James Shannon (Massachusetts politician)">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_G._Atkins" title="Chester G. Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Meehan" title="Marty Meehan">Meehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niki_Tsongas" title="Niki Tsongas">N. Tsongas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Markey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Clark" title="Katherine Clark">Clark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts06&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Thatcher" title="George Thatcher">G. Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Leonard_(congressman)" title="George Leonard (congressman)">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reed_Sr." title="John Reed Sr.">J. Reed Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Smith" title="Josiah Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Taggart" title="Samuel Taggart">Taggart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Clesson_Allen" title="Samuel Clesson Allen">S. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Locke_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="John Locke (Massachusetts politician)">Locke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_G._Kendall" title="Joseph G. Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grennell_Jr." title="George Grennell Jr.">Grennell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Alvord" title="James C. Alvord">Alvord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmyn_Baker" title="Osmyn Baker">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Ashmun" title="George Ashmun">Ashmun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_T._Davis" title="George T. Davis">G. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth_Upham" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Wentworth Upham">Upham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Davis_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Timothy Davis (Massachusetts politician)">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Alley" title="John B. Alley">Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Gooch" title="Daniel W. Gooch">Gooch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Butler" title="Benjamin Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Perkins_Thompson" title="Charles Perkins Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Loring" title="George B. Loring">Loring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eben_F._Stone" title="Eben F. Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Lovering" title="Henry B. Lovering">Lovering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge" title="Henry Cabot Lodge">Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cogswell" title="William Cogswell">Cogswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Moody" title="William Henry Moody">Moody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Peabody_Gardner" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus Peabody Gardner">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willfred_W._Lufkin" title="Willfred W. Lufkin">Lufkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Piatt_Andrew" title="A. Piatt Andrew">A.P. Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_J._Bates" title="George J. Bates">G. Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Bates" title="William H. Bates">W. Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Harrington" title="Michael J. Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Mavroules" title="Nicholas Mavroules">Mavroules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_G._Torkildsen" title="Peter G. Torkildsen">Torkildsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Tierney" title="John F. Tierney">Tierney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Moulton" title="Seth Moulton">Moulton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts07&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 7th congressional district">7th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Leonard_(congressman)" title="George Leonard (congressman)">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemas_Ward" title="Artemas Ward">Ward Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Leonard_(congressman)" title="George Leonard (congressman)">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bullock" title="Stephen Bullock">Bullock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanuel_Bishop" title="Phanuel Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahum_Mitchell" title="Nahum Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barker_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Joseph Barker (Massachusetts politician)">Barker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baylies" title="William Baylies">Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Turner_Jr." title="Charles Turner Jr.">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baylies" title="William Baylies">Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Hulbert" title="John W. Hulbert">Hulbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Shaw_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Henry Shaw (Massachusetts politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Dwight" title="Henry W. Dwight">H. Dwight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Clesson_Allen" title="Samuel Clesson Allen">S. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grennell_Jr." title="George Grennell Jr.">Grennell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_N._Briggs" title="George N. Briggs">Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Rockwell" title="Julius Rockwell">J. Rockwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Z._Goodrich" title="John Z. Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Gooch" title="Daniel W. Gooch">Gooch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Boutwell" title="George S. Boutwell">Boutwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_M._Brooks" title="George M. Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_C._Esty" title="Constantine C. Esty">Esty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_R._Hoar" title="Ebenezer R. Hoar">E. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_K._Tarbox" title="John K. Tarbox">Tarbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Butler" title="Benjamin Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Russell_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician)">W. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eben_F._Stone" title="Eben F. Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cogswell" title="William Cogswell">Cogswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Everett" title="William Everett">W. Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Emerson_Barrett" title="William Emerson Barrett">Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_W._Roberts" title="Ernest W. Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Francis_Phelan" title="Michael Francis Phelan">Phelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Maloney" title="Robert S. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Connery_Jr." title="William P. Connery Jr.">W. Connery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_J._Connery" title="Lawrence J. Connery">L. Connery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Lane" title="Thomas J. Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbert_Macdonald" title="Torbert Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Markey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Capuano" title="Mike Capuano">Capuano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Pressley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts08&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 8th congressional district">8th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Grout" title="Jonathan Grout">Grout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thatcher" title="George Thatcher">G. Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_Ames" title="Fisher Ames">F. Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Gray_Otis_(politician)" title="Harrison Gray Otis (politician)">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Eustis" title="William Eustis">Eustis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Williams" title="Lemuel Williams">L. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_L._Green" title="Isaiah L. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Gardner" title="Gideon Gardner">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_L._Green" title="Isaiah L. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reed_Jr." title="John Reed Jr.">J. Reed Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baylies" title="William Baylies">Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabdiel_Sampson" title="Zabdiel Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Hobart" title="Aaron Hobart">Hobart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Lathrop" title="Samuel Lathrop">Lathrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_C._Bates" title="Isaac C. Bates">Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Calhoun" title="William B. Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">J. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Mann" title="Horace Mann">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tappan_Wentworth" title="Tappan Wentworth">Wentworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_L._Knapp" title="Chauncey L. Knapp">Knapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Train" title="Charles R. Train">Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denison_Baldwin" class="mw-redirect" title="John Denison Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Hoar" title="George F. Hoar">G. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._S._Williams" title="John M. S. Williams">J. M. S. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Warren" title="William W. Warren">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Claflin" title="William Claflin">Claflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Candler" title="John W. Candler">Candler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Russell_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician)">W Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Herbert_Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Herbert Allen">C. H. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_T._Greenhalge" title="Frederic T. Greenhalge">Greenhalge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_T._Stevens" title="Moses T. Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._McCall" title="Samuel W. McCall">McCall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Simpson_Deitrick" title="Frederick Simpson Deitrick">Deitrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Dallinger" title="Frederick W. Dallinger">Dallinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Irving_Thayer" title="Harry Irving Thayer">H. Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Dallinger" title="Frederick W. Dallinger">Dallinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Daniel_Healey" title="Arthur Daniel Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angier_Goodwin" title="Angier Goodwin">Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbert_Macdonald" title="Torbert Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill" title="Tip O&#39;Neill">O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_II" title="Joseph P. Kennedy II">Kennedy II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Capuano" title="Mike Capuano">Capuano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Stephen Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts09&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 9th congressional district">9th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bradley_Varnum" title="Joseph Bradley Varnum">Varnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanuel_Bishop" title="Phanuel Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Dean" title="Josiah Dean">J. Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laban_Wheaton" title="Laban Wheaton">Wheaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reed_Jr." title="John Reed Jr.">J. Reed Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Folger_Jr." title="Walter Folger Jr.">Folger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reed_Jr." title="John Reed Jr.">J. Reed Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Dwight" title="Henry W. Dwight">H. Dwight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_N._Briggs" title="George N. Briggs">Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jackson_(Massachusetts_politician,_born_1783)" title="William Jackson (Massachusetts politician, born 1783)">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Soden_Hastings" title="William Soden Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Williams_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Henry Williams (Massachusetts politician)">H. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemas_Hale" title="Artemas Hale">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orin_Fowler" title="Orin Fowler">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_P._Little" title="Edward P. Little">Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Witt" title="Alexander De Witt">De Witt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Thayer" title="Eli Thayer">E. Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsmith_Bailey" title="Goldsmith Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Walker" title="Amasa Walker">A. Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Washburn" title="William B. Washburn">W. Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvah_Crocker" title="Alvah Crocker">Crocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Hoar" title="George F. Hoar">G. Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Rice" title="William W. Rice">W. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Lyman_III" title="Theodore Lyman III">T. Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_D._Ely" title="Frederick D. Ely">Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Burnett" title="Edward Burnett">Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Candler" title="John W. Candler">Candler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Williams" title="George F. Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._O%27Neil" title="Joseph H. O&#39;Neil">O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Fitzgerald" title="John F. Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Conry" title="Joseph A. Conry">Conry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Keliher" title="John A. Keliher">Keliher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Francis_Murray" title="William Francis Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_W._Roberts" title="Ernest W. Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvan_T._Fuller" title="Alvan T. Fuller">Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Underhill" title="Charles L. Underhill">Underhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Luce" title="Robert Luce">Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Russell" title="Richard M. Russell">R. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Luce" title="Robert Luce">Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Eliot" title="Thomas H. Eliot">T. H. Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Gifford" title="Charles L. Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Nicholson" title="Donald W. Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Keith" title="Hastings Keith">Keith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._McCormack" title="John W. McCormack">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Day_Hicks" title="Louise Day Hicks">Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Moakley" title="Joe Moakley">Moakley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Stephen Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Keating_(politician)" title="Bill Keating (politician)">Keating</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts10&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 10th congressional district">10th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Goodhue" title="Benjamin Goodhue">Goodhue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sewall_(congressman)" title="Samuel Sewall (congressman)">Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Read" title="Nathan Read">Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Hastings" title="Seth Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabez_Upham" title="Jabez Upham">Upham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Allen_(congressman)" title="Joseph Allen (congressman)">J. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Brigham" title="Elijah Brigham">Brigham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laban_Wheaton" title="Laban Wheaton">Wheaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morton" title="Marcus Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Baylies" title="Francis Baylies">F Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bailey_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="John Bailey (Massachusetts politician)">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Alexander_Scammell_Dearborn" title="Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn">H. A. S. Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baylies" title="William Baylies">W. Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_B._Borden" title="Nathaniel B. Borden">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Williams_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Henry Williams (Massachusetts politician)">H. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_B._Borden" title="Nathaniel B. Borden">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barker_Burnell" title="Barker Burnell">Burnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Grinnell_(politician)" title="Joseph Grinnell (politician)">Grinnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeno_Scudder" title="Zeno Scudder">Scudder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dickinson" title="Edward Dickinson">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_C._Chaffee" title="Calvin C. Chaffee">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Delano" title="Charles Delano">Delano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Dawes" title="Henry L. Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvah_Crocker" title="Alvah Crocker">Crocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Stevens" title="Charles A. Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Hawley_Seelye" title="Julius Hawley Seelye">Seelye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Norcross" title="Amasa Norcross">Norcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Rice" title="William W. Rice">W. Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Russell" title="John E. Russell">J. E. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Walker" title="Joseph H. Walker">J. Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._McEttrick" title="Michael J. McEttrick">McEttrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Henry_Atwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrison Henry Atwood">Atwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Barrows" title="Samuel J. Barrows">Barrows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_F._Naphen" title="Henry F. Naphen">Naphen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._McNary" title="William S. McNary">McNary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._O%27Connell" title="Joseph F. O&#39;Connell">O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Curley" title="James Michael Curley">Curley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Francis_Murray" title="William Francis Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Francis_Tague" title="Peter Francis Tague">Tague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Fitzgerald" title="John F. Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Francis_Tague" title="Peter Francis Tague">Tague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Douglass" title="John J. Douglass">Douglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Tinkham" title="George H. Tinkham">Tinkham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Herter" title="Christian Herter">Herter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Curtis" title="Laurence Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Martin_Jr." title="Joseph W. Martin Jr.">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Heckler" title="Margaret Heckler">Heckler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Studds" title="Gerry Studds">Studds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Delahunt" title="Bill Delahunt">Delahunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Keating_(politician)" title="Bill Keating (politician)">Keating</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts11&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 11th congressional district">11th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Bradbury" title="Theophilus Bradbury">Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Bartlett" title="Bailey Bartlett">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_Cutler" title="Manasseh Cutler">Cutler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stedman" title="William Stedman">Stedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abijah_Bigelow" title="Abijah Bigelow">A. Bigelow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Brigham" title="Elijah Brigham">Brigham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Adams_(politician)" title="Benjamin Adams (politician)">B. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Russell" title="Jonathan Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Hobart" title="Aaron Hobart">Hobart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Richardson_(American_politician)" title="Joseph Richardson (American politician)">J. Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">J. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reed_Jr." title="John Reed Jr.">J. Reed Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barker_Burnell" title="Barker Burnell">Burnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Z._Goodrich" title="John Z. Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Trafton" title="Mark Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Dawes" title="Henry L. Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_W._Chapin" title="Chester W. Chapin">Chapin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Robinson" title="George D. Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whiting_II" title="William Whiting II">Whiting II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Wallace_(politician)" title="Rodney Wallace (politician)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_S._Coolidge" title="Frederick S. Coolidge">Coolidge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Franklin_Draper_(politician)" title="William Franklin Draper (politician)">Draper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Sprague" title="Charles F. Sprague">Sprague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Powers" title="Samuel L. Powers">Powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Andrew_Sullivan" title="John Andrew Sullivan">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_James_Peters" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew James Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Tinkham" title="George H. Tinkham">Tinkham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Douglass" title="John J. Douglass">Douglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Higgins" class="mw-redirect" title="John Patrick Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Flaherty" title="Thomas A. Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Curley" title="James Michael Curley">Curley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill" title="Tip O&#39;Neill">O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Burke_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician)">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_J._Donnelly" title="Brian J. Donnelly">Donnelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Massachusetts12&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Massachusetts&#39;s 12th congressional district">12th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dearborn" title="Henry Dearborn">H. Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Parker_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="Isaac Parker (Massachusetts judge)">I. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Lee" title="Silas Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Thatcher" title="Samuel Thatcher">S. Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomson_J._Skinner" title="Thomson J. Skinner">Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Larned" title="Simon Larned">Larned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnabas_Bidwell" title="Barnabas Bidwell">Bidwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_Bacon" title="Ezekiel Bacon">Bacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dewey" title="Daniel Dewey">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Hulbert" title="John W. Hulbert">Hulbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Strong" title="Solomon Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Kendall" title="Jonas Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Bigelow" title="Lewis Bigelow">L. Bigelow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Baylies" title="Francis Baylies">Baylies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Hodges" title="James L. Hodges">Hodges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">J. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Robinson" title="George D. Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_W._Rockwell_(politician)" title="Francis W. Rockwell (politician)">F. Rockwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crawford_Crosby" title="John Crawford Crosby">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_A._Morse" title="Elijah A. Morse">E. Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Lovering" title="William C. Lovering">Lovering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Powers" title="Samuel L. Powers">Powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Weeks" title="John W. Weeks">Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Curley" title="James Michael Curley">Curley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Gallivan" title="James A. Gallivan">Gallivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._McCormack" title="John W. 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