Fred Herman Hildebrandt Biography


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HILDEBRANDT, Fred Herman, a Representative from South Dakota; born in West 
Bend, Washington County, Wis., August 2, 1874; moved with his parents to 
Waupun, Wis., in 1888, where he attended the public and high schools; 
subsequently moved to Watertown, S. Dak., in 1900 and was employed as a 
railroad freight brakeman 1903-1906, as a freight conductor 1906-1911, and 
as a passenger conductor 1911-1932; member of the State house of 
representatives in 1922 and 1923; served as the  chairman of the South 
Dakota Game and Fish Commission 1927-1931; elected as a Democrat to the 
Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-
January 3, 1939); was not a candidate for renomination in 1938, but was an 
unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States 
Senator; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth 
Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1944; 
retired from active business life and resided at Watertown, S. Dak.; died in 
Bradenton, Fla., January 26, 1956; interment in Mount Hope Cernetery, 
Watertown, S. Dak.