Fred N. Cummings

Fred Nelson Cummings (* September 18, 1864 in Groveton, Coos County, New Hampshire, † November 10, 1952 in Fort Collins, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1941 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Fred Cummings was born on a farm near Groveton. Just one year after his birth he moved with his parents to Clinton in Iowa. In 1879 the family moved to Nebraska, where they settled in Custer County. Cummings attended the public schools. He also started in agriculture and especially to work in animal husbandry. After studying law and its made ​​in 1891 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Custer County. In 1906 he moved to Fort Collins in Colorado, where he also worked in agriculture. Between 1909 and 1913 he was a member of the council of this place.

Cummings was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1932 he became as their candidate in the second district of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he Republican Charles B. Timberlake replaced on March 4, 1933. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1941 four legislative sessions. In this time, most New Deal legislation of the Federal Government fell under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, all of which were passed by Congress. In the 1940 elections, he defeated William S. Hill.

After the end of his time in Congress, Fred Cummings again devoted his private transactions. He died in November 1952 and was buried in Fort Collins.