Gary Franks

Gary Franks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997
Preceded byJohn G. Rowland
Succeeded byJames H. Maloney
Personal details
BornGary Alvin Franks
(1953-02-09) February 9, 1953
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseDonna Williams
Children3
EducationYale University (BA)

Gary Alvin Franks (born February 9, 1953) is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997. He is the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress from Connecticut, the first modern black conservative elected to the House of Representatives, and the first black Republican elected since Oscar De Priest's re-election in 1932. Franks ran for the United States Senate in 1998, losing to incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Dodd in a landslide. He currently hosts a podcast called We Speak Frankly, with his son Gary. He also writes for the Boston Herald.

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