Frederick Simpson Deitrick (April 9, 1875 – May 24, 1948) was a

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from

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. Born in

New Brighton, Pennsylvania New Brighton is a borough in north-central Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Beaver River northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 5,719 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Histor ...

, Deitrick attended the public schools. He graduated from Geneva College,

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, in 1895 and from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

in 1898. After being

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in 1899, Deitrick commenced practice in

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1902 to 1905 and as member of the board of aldermen of

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in 1908 and 1909. Deitrick was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915) and after an unsuccessful candidacy for reelection in 1914, he resumed practicing law in Boston. He died in Middleton on May 24, 1948, and was interred in Cambridge at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

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