death_date children term birth_date termstart birthname termend residence alma_mater death_place preceded spouse name occupation succeeded predecessor birth_place party office state district successor religion article_title
09 april 2010 kelly , sara and abby january 3 , 1993 -- january 3 , 2001 21 september 1951 january 1980 1987 1990 robert douglas franks january 1993 1989 1992 new providence , new jersey depauw university , southern methodist university law school memorial new york sloan kettering cancer center new york city , matthew j. rinaldo frances smith franks bob franks politician politician mike ferguson donald difrancesco frank b. holman kathleen donovan hackensack , new jersey republican new new jersey republican state chairman jersey state assemblyman new jersey republican state chairman new jersey 7th alan augustine kathleen donovan virginia littell christian bob franks

bob franks

robert douglas `` bob '' franks -lrb- september 21 , 1951 -- april 9 , 2010 -rrb- was a republican politician .
he was a former u.s. representative from new jersey .
