Frederick Lundin

Frederick Lundin ( born May 18, 1868 in Hästholmen, Sweden, † August 20, 1947 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American politician. Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1880, Frederick Lundin came from his native Sweden to Chicago, where he received an academic education. Later he became president of the company Lundin & Co, which manufactured chemicals. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1894 and 1898 he was in the Illinois Senate. In the congressional elections of 1908 he was in the seventh election district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Philip button on 4 March 1909. Since he has not been confirmed in 1910, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1911.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Frederick Lundin took his previous work on again. In 1916, he withdrew into retirement. Politically, he was an influential Republican Party boss in Chicago. In 1915 he was instrumental in the election of the mayor William Hale Thompson. Lundin died on August 20, 1947 in Beverly Hills.