Frank Ballance
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – June 8, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Eva Clayton |
| Succeeded by | G. K. Butterfield |
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Frank Winston Ballance, Jr. February 15, 1942 Windsor, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bernadine Balance |
| Children | 3 |
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 North Carolina
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| Service/branch | North Carolina National Guard |
| Years of service | 1968-1971 |
Frank Winston Ballance, Jr. (born February 15, 1942), American politician, is an attorney and a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004, representing North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
In 2004, Ballance pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering, and was sentenced to four years in prison, two years supervised release, and fined $10,000.
Ballance was born in Windsor, North Carolina. He graduated from W. S. Etheridge High School in 1959 and attended North Carolina Central University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a law degree in 1965.
After receiving his law degree, Ballance briefly served as a faculty member of the South Carolina State University School of Law before entering private practice in 1966. He served in the North Carolina National Guard Reserve from 1968 to 1971.
He married Bernadine Smallwood in 1969; they have three children.
Ballance was first elected to the House of the state legislature in 1983 and served until 1986. In 1988, he was elected to the North Carolina Senate; that same year, he had served as chair of the Warren County chapter of the NAACP. Ballance served in the state senate until 2002, including as deputy president pro tempore from 1997 to 2002. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees for both North Carolina Central University and Elizabeth City State University.
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