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thumb Frederick Elliott "Fred" Biermann (March 20, 1884 – July 1, 1968) was an American politician who was a three-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district. Elected as part of the 1932 Roosevelt landslide, he was defeated when running for a fourth term by an opponent from his own small community of Decorah, Iowa. ==Personal background== Born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1884, Biermann moved to Decorah four years later, following his mother's death, to live with an aunt.〔"Biermann in Race for Congressman," Oelwein Daily Register, 1932-03-09, at 2.〕 After graduating from Decorah High School in 1901, he attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for three years before transferring to Columbia University in New York City, where he graduated in 1905.〔 He returned to Decorah and taught at Valder's Business College.〔 He 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. He became the sole owner in 1911. Starting in 1913, he also served as Decorah's postmaster. His service as editor and postmaster was interrupted when he volunteered for service in the U.S. Army during the First World War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and then as a first lieutenant in the 88th Infantry Division. He served from April 1917 until June 1919, including ten months overseas.〔 After the war, he continued to serve as postmaster (until 1923) and editor and publisher of the Journal. In the 1920s his editorials and speeches were often repeated and critiqued on the editorial pages of other area newspapers, such as the Mason City Globe-Gazette and the Oelwein Daily Register.〔Editorial, "Old Methods are Still Basic," Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1931-07-11, at 3.〕 When he sold the Journal in 1931, he explained that burns he had received nine years earlier in an X-ray accident had crippled him.〔Editorial comment, "Ill Health the Cause,' Oelwein Daily Register, 1931-11-20, at 2.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Biermann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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