Frank Comstock (politician)

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Frank Comstock
14th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office 1889–1889[1]
Preceded by	William B. Hubbell
Succeeded by	Edwin Wilcox
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
In office 1893– [2]
Personal details
Born	(1856-08-19)August 19, 1856[3][4] Wilton, Connecticut, US[3][4]
Died	October 6, 1914(1914-10-06) (aged 58)
Political party	Republican[3]
Spouse	Sarah Berry (d. November 13, 1888)[5]
Residence(s)	South Norwalk, Connecticut, US
Occupation	Hatter[3]

Frank Comstock (August 19, 1856 – October 6, 1914) was an American politician and one-term Republican mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1889. He was born in Wilton in 1856. He was the son of John R. Comstock and Helen Eugenia Whitney.[4] He served for three years as a Burgess of the Borough of Norwalk.[3] Comstock served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1893.[2]

In 1882, Comstock founded, along with Samuel Raymond, the Raymond & Comstock Company, a hat factory at 50 Day Street, in Norwalk.[3][6]

References

1. List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
2. Connecticut Register and Manual
3. Biographical Sketches
4. Phoenix, Stephen Whitney (1878). "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878".
5. New York Times - Obituary
6. The Norwalk Hour

Preceded by William B. Hubbell

Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut 1889

Succeeded by Edwin Wilcox