Frederic STORM, Congress, NY (1844-1935)

STORM, Frederic, a Representative from New York; born in Alsace, France, July 2, 1844; immigrated to the United States in 1846 with his parents, who settled in New York City; attended the public schools of New York City; engaged in the cigar manufacturing business; member of the State constitutional convention in 1894; elected to the State assembly in 1895; member of the Queens County Republican committee 1894-1900 and was three times its chairman; founder of Flushing Hospital; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; after leaving Congress engaged in banking in Bayside; founded the Bayside National Bank in 1905 and was its president until his resignation in 1920; resided in Bayside, Flushing, N.Y., until his death in that city on June 9, 1935; interment in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present