Barney Frank
| Barney Frank | |
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| Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Spencer Bachus |
| Succeeded by | Maxine Waters |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John LaFalce |
| Succeeded by | Spencer Bachus |
| Chair of the House Financial Services Committee | |
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In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Oxley |
| Succeeded by | Spencer Bachus |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Drinan |
| Succeeded by | Joe Kennedy |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Suffolk district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Dailey |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Vallely |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Suffolk district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Eliot Wadsworth |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Pokaski |
| Personal details | |
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Barnett Frank March 31, 1940 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Ready (m. 2012) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a former American politician and board member of the New York-based Signature Bank. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.
Born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, Frank graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He worked as a political aide before winning election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1972. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected every term thereafter by wide margins. In 1987, he publicly came out as gay, after coming out to family, friends and close associates a few years prior, 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. Frank did not seek re-election in 2012, and retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. Frank had expressed interest in serving temporarily in the United States Senate after John Kerry had been confirmed as Secretary of State but was ultimately passed over for Mo Cowan. A biography of Frank was published in 2015.
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