Frederick Simpson DEITRICK, Congress, MA (1875-1948)

DEITRICK Frederick Simpson , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., April 9, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., in 1895 and from Harvard Law School in 1898; was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; member of the board of aldermen of Cambridge in 1908 and 1909; member of the State house of representatives 1902-1905; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Boston, Mass.; died in Middleton, Mass., May 24, 1948; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present