Frederick Simpson Deitrick (April 9, 1875 – May 24, 1948) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Massachusetts
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.
Born in
New Brighton, Pennsylvania
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, Deitrick attended the public schools. He graduated from Geneva College,
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
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, in 1895 and from
Harvard Law School in 1898. After being
admitted to the bar
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in 1899, Deitrick commenced practice in
Boston
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. He served as a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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from 1902 to 1905 and as member of the board of aldermen of
Cambridge
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in 1908 and 1909.
Deitrick was elected as a
Democrat
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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.
References
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1875 births
1948 deaths
Geneva College alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from New Brighton, Pennsylvania