Fred Marshall (American politician)

Fred Marshall ( * 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Fred Marshall attended after elementary school, the Paynesville High School and worked in agriculture. Between 1937 and 1941 he was a member of the Minnesota Agriculture Admistration Committee, a government committee dealing with the problems of agriculture. After that, he was from 1941 to 1948 Head of the Farm Security Administration in Minnesota. Politically, Marshall was a member of the Democratic - Farmer-Labor Party, which in Minnesota after a merger of the Farmer-Labor Party was formed with the Democratic Party in 1944. Nationwide, this is one of the Democrats.

In the congressional elections of 1948, Marshall was in the sixth constituency of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Harold Knutson on January 3, 1949. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1963 seven contiguous legislatures. In this time of the Korean War, the beginning of the civil rights movement and the beginnings of the Vietnam War fell. In addition, at that time were the 22nd and the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution discussed and adopted.

In 1962, Marshall gave up a bid again. He again worked in agriculture and was a member of the National Commission on Food Marketing, a Federal Commission, which dealt with the marketing of food. In addition, Marshall was a member of a committee of the Ministry of Agriculture. He died on 5 June 1985 in Litchfield.