Friedrich Pfotenhauer (April 22, 1859,

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– October 9, 1939,

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, U.S.) was the fifth president of the

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, from 1911 to 1935. PresidentFPfotenhauerattheConventioninFortWaynein1923

Pfotenhauer emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1875 and attended Concordia College in

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, and

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. Upon his ordination on November 7, 1880, in

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, he served as a missionary in Minnesota and the Dakota and Montana territories from 1880 to 1887. On October 10, 1882, he married Helene Brauer in

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. He was the pastor of congregations in

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(1887–1894), and

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(1894–1911). He also served as the president of the Minnesota and Dakota District of the LCMS from 1891 to 1908). In 1908, he was elected to a three-year term as first vice-president of the LCMS. He was then elected president of the LCMS in 1911 and held that office until 1935, at which point the LCMS named him honorary president. Pfotenhauer died on October 9, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. He and his wife are buried in Bethania Cemetery in

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. Among his writings are (''Fifteen Speeches'') in 1914 and (''Sermons'') in 1938.

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