Fred C. Gartner | |
State: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 5th |
Term Start: | January 3, 1939 |
Term End: | January 3, 1941 |
Preceded: | Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey |
Succeeded: | Francis R. Smith |
Office2: | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
Term2: | 1933-1934 |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1896 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Somers Point, New Jersey |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | Temple University School of Law |
Fred Christian Gartner (March 14, 1896 – September 1, 1972) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1896, Fred C. Gartner was a son of German immigrants. He attended the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He served as a yeoman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1918 and 1919. He graduated from the law department of Temple University in Philadelphia in 1920. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission at Philadelphia from 1928 to 1932. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1933 and 1934.[2]
Gartner was elected as a Republican to the 76th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940. He served chairman of the board for the Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corporation of Pennsylvania.[3]