11 Facts About Fred Biermann

Frederick Elliott Biermann was an American politician who was a three-term Democratic US Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district.

Fred Biermann wrote his senior thesis on "Jefferson and Jackson as Leaders of the Democracy" at Columbia.

Fred Biermann returned to Decorah and taught at Valder's Business College.

Fred Biermann homesteaded in Morton County, North Dakota, then attended Harvard Law School in 1906 and 1907, before returning to Decorah the following year to become half-owner of the Decorah Journal.

Fred Biermann was commissioned as a second lieutenant and then as a first lieutenant in the 88th Infantry Division.

Fred Biermann served from April 1917 until June 1919, including ten months overseas.

In March 1932 Biermann announced his candidacy for the US House seat in Iowa's 4th congressional district, then held by the longest-serving member of Congress, sixteen-term Republican Gilbert N Haugen.

Fred Biermann won the next two elections, but by increasingly narrow margins.

Fred Biermann was appointed United States Marshal for northern Iowa in October 1940, in which capacity he served until 1953.

Fred Biermann was a delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1940 and 1956.

Fred Biermann died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on July 1,1968.