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Fred Barthold Norman (March 21, 1882 – April 18, 1947) was a
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from
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. Born on a farm near
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, Norman attended the public schools and was graduated from Martinsville High School. He moved to
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, in 1901. He worked on farms, in logging camps, sawmills, shingle mills, and shipyards 1901-1922. He engaged in the wholesale and retail tobacco and candy business since 1922. He served as member of the city council of
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from 1916 to 1918. He served in the State house of representatives in 1919 and 1920. He served as member of the State senate 1925-1935. Norman was elected as a
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to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. Norman was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and served from January 3, 1947, until his death in
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, on April 18, 1947. He was interred in Fern Hill Cemetery,
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Fred Barthold 1882 births 1947 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Washington (state) 20th-century American politicians People from Clark County, Illinois People from Pacific County, Washington Republican Party members of the Washington House of Representatives Republican Party Washington (state) state senators