Frank S. Giles
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Frank S. Giles
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|image =File:Frank S. Giles, Jr..png
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|office = Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner
|predecessor = J. Henry Goguen
|successor = Leo L. Laughlin
|term_start = July 20, 1961
|term_end = September 28, 1965
|office2 = Minority Leader of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
|predecessor2 = Charles Gibbons
|successor2 = Sidney Curtiss
|term_start2 = 1957
|term_end2 = 1961
|office3 = Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
5th Essex District
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|term_start3 = 1947
|term_end3 = 1961
|birth_date = June 15, 1915
|birth_place = Methuen, Massachusetts
|death_date = March 2, 1991 (aged 75)
|death_place = Burlington, Massachusetts
|alma_mater = McIntosh College{{cite book |author1=Irving N. Haden |author2=Lawrence R. Grove |title=1959-1960 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |year=1959 |publisher= Commonwealth of Massachusetts| url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficersof19591960bost }}
|party = Republican Party
|profession = Theatre and concessions
|spouse =
|residence = Methuen, Massachusetts
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Frank S. Giles Jr. (born June 15, 1915, in Methuen, Massachusetts – died March 2, 1991, in Burlington, Massachusetts{{cite news |title=FRANK GILES, 75, FORMER LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER |work=Boston Herald |date=March 5, 1991 }} ) was a politician who was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner.
Business career
Giles was a Theatre manager, and the proprietor of the Merrimack Concession Co.{{Citation| last=Hayden | first=Irving N. | title = Public Officials of Massachusetts (1949-1950) | page = 179 | publisher = Commonwealth of Massachusetts| location = Boston, MA | year = 1949}}
Government service
Giles was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Essex District from 1947 to 1961. He was named House Minority Leader in 1957.{{cite news |title=HOLMES WILL HEAD BAY STATE SENATE |work=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1957 }} Giles was also a Methuen town meeting member for 22 years and a member of the Methuen school committee for six years, five as chairman. In 1960, Giles ran for Governor of Massachusetts, he lost the convention nomination to John A. Volpe and did not run in the primary. Giles was appointed Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner by Volpe on July 20, 1961.{{Citation|last=Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 350 Mass. 638| title=RICHARD R. CAPLES vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & another.| page = 639 | publisher = Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court| location = Boston, Ma.| year = 1966}}
Indictment and resignation
On March 26, 1964, Giles was indicted on charges of conspiracy, larceny, aiding and abetting in making false reports, and conflict of interest.{{cite news |title=Head of Massachusetts Police Is Indicted in Plot |work=Boston Globe }} As a result, on March 30, 1964, Giles was suspended from his job as Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner. Robert McDonald was appointed acting commissioner on April 16, 1964, by Governor Endicott Peabody. On December 23, 1964, Peabody chose Richard Caples to succeed McDonald as Acting Public Safety Commissioner.{{cite news|title=Laughlin Rules State Police as Caples Loses First Court Test|work=The Boston Globe|date=October 1, 1965}} Giles was found guilty of perjury on February 18, 1965.{{cite news |title=POLICE HEAD FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY |work=Chicago Tribune |date=Feb 18, 1965 }} He resigned as Commissioner on September 27, 1965. His resignation was accepted by the Governor on September 28, 1965. As Giles suspension was terminated by his resignation, Caples temporary appointment also ended, and Leo L. Laughlin was appointed by Governor John A. Volpe to fill the vacancy that was created by Giles' resignation.{{Citation|last=Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 350 Mass. 638| title=RICHARD R. CAPLES vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & another.| page = 640 | publisher = Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court| location = Boston, Ma.| year = 1966}} Giles conviction was set aside on June 22, 1967.{{cite news |title=Ex-Massachusetts Aide Cleared in Perjury Case |work=The New York Times |date=June 23, 1967 }}
See also
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Category:Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Category:People from Methuen, Massachusetts
Category:20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
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