Fred Marshall

Fred Marshall (born March 13, 1906 in Grove City , Meeker County , Minnesota , †  June 5, 1985 in Litchfield , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1963 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Fred Marshall attended Paynesville High School after elementary school and then worked in agriculture. Between 1937 and 1941 he was a member of the Minnesota Agriculture Administration Committee , a state committee that dealt with the problems of agriculture. He was then from 1941 to 1948 head of the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota. Politically, Marshall became a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , which was formed in Minnesota in 1944 after the Farmer-Labor Party merged with the Democratic Party . Nationwide, this belongs to the Democrats.

In the 1948 congressional election, Marshall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Harold Knutson on January 3, 1949 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . During this time the Korean War , the beginning of the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War fell . In addition, the 22nd and 23rd amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed.

In 1962, Marshall declined to run again. He returned to farming and became a member of the National Commission on Food Marketing , a federal commission that dealt with the marketing of food. Marshall was also on a committee at the Department of Agriculture. He died in Litchfield on June 5, 1985.

Web links

• Fred Marshall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fred Marshall in the database of Find a Grave (English)