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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaFred Benjamin GERNERD
(1879-1948)
GERNERD, Fred Benjamin, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allentown, Lehigh County,
Pa., November 22, 1879; attended the public schools; was graduated
from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in 1901, from
the school of political science of Columbia University, New York
City, in 1903, and from the law school of Columbia University in
1904; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in
Buffalo, N.Y.; returned to Allentown, Pa., in 1905; district
attorney of Lehigh County 1908-1912; Pennsylvania Republican State
committeeman 1912-1920; trustee of Franklin and Marshall College
and of Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pa.; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth
Congress; resumed the practice of law in Allentown, Pa.; delegate
to the Republican National Convention in 1928; died in Allentown,
Pa., August 7, 1948; interred in Trexlertown Cemetery, Trexlertown,
Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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