Fred Christian Gartner (March 14, 1896 – September 1, 1972) was a

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member of the

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from

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Biography

Fred C. Garter was born in

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, the son of

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immigrants. He attended the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He served as a yeoman in the

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in 1918 and 1919. He graduated from the law department of

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in Philadelphia in 1920. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission at Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932. He served in the

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in 1933 and 1934. Gartner was elected as a Republican to the 76th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940. He served chairman of the board for the Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corporation of Pennsylvania.

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