John D. Fredericks

John Donnan Fredericks (September 10, 1869 – August 26, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician from Los Angeles, California, who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from 1923 to 1927.During his tenure as district attorney, he gained national attention for the successful prosecution of the McNamara brothers for their bombing of the Los Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910.[1] In 1922, Fredericks was elected president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and served a one-year term.Fredericks was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress on May 1, 1923, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Z. Osborne.[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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