John Donnan Fredericks (September 10, 1869 – August 26, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1923 to 1927.

Biography

Born in

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, Fredericks attended the public schools and Washington and Jefferson College,

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. He studied law. He was

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in 1896 and commenced practice in

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. He served as an adjutant in the Seventh Regiment, California Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish–American War in 1898. He served as district attorney of Los Angeles County from 1903 to 1915. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in

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against

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, who had been elected under the Republican Party banner 4 years previous.

Congress

Fredericks was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Henry Z. Osborne Henry Zenas Osborne (October 4, 1848 – February 8, 1923) was an American Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1923. Biography He was born in New Lebanon, New York on October 4, 1848. I ...

. He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from May 1, 1923, to March 3, 1927. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law at Los Angeles where he died August 26, 1945. He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fredericks, John Donnan 1869 births 1945 deaths American military personnel of the Spanish–American War District attorneys in California United States Army officers Lawyers from Los Angeles People from Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington & Jefferson College alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Military personnel from Pennsylvania