Fred C. Gartner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Preceded byFrank Joseph Gerard Dorsey
Succeeded byFrancis R. Smith
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1933-1934
Personal details
Born(1896-03-14)March 14, 1896
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 1, 1972(1972-09-01) (aged 76)
Somers Point, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican
Alma materTemple University School of Law

Fred Christian Gartner (March 14, 1896 – September 1, 1972) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1896, Fred C. Gartner was a son of German immigrants.[2] He attended the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He served as a yeoman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1918 and 1919. He graduated from the law department of Temple University in Philadelphia in 1920. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission at Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1933 and 1934.[3]

Gartner was elected as a Republican to the 76th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940. He served chairman of the board for the Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corporation of Pennsylvania.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Gartner, Fred Christian" (G000087), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch, retrieved March 25, 2018
  3. ↑ "Gartner, Fred Christian," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ↑ "Gartner, Fred Christian," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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