Fred J. Douglas

Fred J. Douglas

Fred James Douglas (born September 14, 1869 in Clinton , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  January 1, 1949 in Utica , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1945 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1874, Fred Douglas moved with his parents to Little Falls, New York State, where he attended public schools. After a subsequent medical degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) and his license as a doctor in 1895, he began to work in Utica in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1910 and 1920 he was a member of the Utica City Education Committee; from 1922 to 1924 he was mayor there. In 1928 and 1929 he served as a security officer in Utica. In 1934 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of New York.

In the 1936 congressional elections , Douglas was elected to the 33rd  constituency of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat Fred Sisson on January 3, 1937 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1945 . The Roosevelt government's last New Deal laws were passed there by 1941 , which his party was rather hostile to. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1944, Fred Douglas was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a doctor again. He died in Utica on January 1, 1949.

Web links

• Fred J. Douglas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James K. O'Connor	Mayor of Utica 1922–1924	Frederick Gillmore
Fred Sisson	United States House of Representatives for New York (33rd constituency) January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1945	Dean P. Taylor