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Frank Cousins

1958–

United States

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Frank G. Cousins, Jr. (born May 7, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American politician who served as the Essex County, Massachusetts Sheriff. Cousins became the first African-American sheriff in Massachusetts when he was appointed to the position in 1996 by then Massachusetts Governor William Weld.

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