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Fred Churchill Leonard
From 1901's Notable Men of Pittsburgh and Vicinity
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
Preceded byAlbert Cole Hopkins
Succeeded byHorace Billings Packer
Personal details
Born(1856-02-16)February 16, 1856
Elmer, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 5, 1921(1921-12-05) (aged 65)
Coudersport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeEulalia Cemetery, Coudersport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationMansfield University of Pennsylvania
Williston Seminary
Yale College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Fred Churchill Leonard (February 16, 1856 – December 5, 1921) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Fred C. Leonard was born in Elmer, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, the State normal school at Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1883. He studied law in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He moved to Elmira, New York, and thence, in 1887, to Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and practiced law.

Leonard was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896. He resumed the practice of law in Coudersport. He served as United States marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania from January 15, 1898, until May 6, 1901, when he was transferred to the middle district and served until July 2, 1906. He was engaged in banking, and died in Coudersport in 1921. Interment in Eulalia Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byAlbert Cole Hopkins Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1895-1897
Succeeded byHorace Billings Packer
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