| Abram McCormick Fridley | |
| Image Name: | AbramMFridley1848.jpg |
| State House: | Minnesota |
| State: | Minnesota |
| Party: | unknown |
| Birth Date: | May 1, 1817 |
| Birth Place: | Painted Post, New York |
| Death Date: | March 26, 1888 |
| Death Place: | Fridley Township, Minnesota |
| Profession: | legislator |
| Spouse: | Betsey Ann |
| Children: | Fannie, Mary Jane, Henry C., Benjamin Franklin, David Horace |
| Residence: | Fridley, Minnesota |
Abram McCormick "A. M." Fridley[1] (1817 in Painted Post, New York – March 26, 1888 in Fridley, Minnesota) was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and was the namesake of Fridley Township, Minnesota, which later became the city of Fridley, Minnesota.
Fridley was a Winnebago Indian agent, a lawyer, farmer, and merchant.[2] He and his family were pioneers of the Fridley Township in Anoka County. Fridley was a land agent of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (SPPR) and its successor, the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company.[2] This railroad would build north from Minneapolis into Fridley Township.
He was born in Painted Post, New York. Fridley read law and became a lawyer in Corning, New York. At age 21 he became a Deputy Sheriff of Steuben County, New York, and a Federal Government Customs Collector.In 1850, he was nominated by President Millard Fillmore on December 16, 1850, to the post of Winnebago Indian Agent.[3] He came to Long Prairie, Minnesota in 1851.
He served in the Territorial House 1855 (District 3); House 1869-71 (District 4); House 1879-80 (District 30).
He died on March 26, 1888, at his residence in Fridley, of "dropsy of the heart."[4] [5]
He was buried in Minneapolis in Lakewood Cemetery. His grave is marked with a large memorial.