Senate Committees:
76th General Assembly – Employment Security (chairman); Apportionment; Correctional Institutions; Education; Elections and Naval Affairs; Insurance; Labor; and Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations.
77th General Assembly – Apportionment, Elections, Military, and Veterans Affairs (chairman); Insurance; Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations, State Departments; and Ways and Means.
78th General Assembly – Apportionment, Elections, Military, and Veterans Affairs (chairman); Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations (vice chairman); Insurance; State Departments; and Ways and Means.
79th General Assembly – Labor and Management Relations (chairman); Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Private Corporations (chairman); Apportionment, Elections, Military and Veterans Affairs (chairman); Accounts, Assignments and Clerical Force (vice chairman); Gubernatorial Appointments; Ways and Means; and Local Government, Fees and Salaries. |
Franklin Payne served the people of the 4th District (part of St. Louis City). A lifelong resident of St. Louis, he received his education from Vashon High School and Washington Technical School. Senator Payne was employed as a parking meter maintenance supervisor for the City of St. Louis. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966, and re-elected in 1968. Senator Payne was elected to the Senate in 1970, and re-elected in 1974. (Democrat)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1977-1978 |
