Frances K. Marlatt

Frances Knoche Marlatt (March 24, 1901 – November 28, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

She was born on March 24, 1901,[1] in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of painter Hamilton Irving Marlatt (1867–1929) and Lillie Belle (Knoche) Marlatt.[2] She attended the public schools in Mount Vernon.[3] She graduated B.A. from Barnard College in 1921; M.A. in sociology from Columbia University in 1922; and LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1925. She was admitted to the bar in 1926, and practiced law in Mount Vernon.

In 1949, she was appointed to the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles L. Hughes.[4]

Frances Marlatt was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Co., 3rd D.) from 1954 to 1960, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st and 172nd New York State Legislatures.

She died unmarried on November 28, 1969, in Mount Vernon Hospital in Mount Vernon, New York; and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ MARLATT, FRANCES" at Social Security Info
  2. ↑ THE MARLATTS - TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY ROCHESTER ARTISTS at Rochester University Library
  3. ↑ New York Red Book (1958–1959; pg. 210)
  4. ↑ Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County (1949; pg 65f)
  5. ↑ Frances Marlatt Dies, Attorney, Civic Leader in the Herald Statesman, of Yonkers, on November 29, 1969
New York Assembly
Preceded by
Harold D. Toomey		 New York State Assembly
Westchester County, 3rd District
1954–1960 		Succeeded by
George E. Van Cott
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