Fred Benjamin Gernerd

Fred B. Gernerd
Fred B. Gernerd, official portrait
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	Arthur Granville Dewalt
Succeeded by	George F. Brumm
Personal details
Born	(1879-11-22)November 22, 1879 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 7, 1948(1948-08-07) (aged 68) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Franklin & Marshall College Columbia University Columbia Law School

Fred Benjamin Gernerd (November 22, 1879 – August 7, 1948) was an American politician serving as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Fred B. Gernerd was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1901, from Columbia University's school of political science in New York City in 1903, and from Columbia Law School in 1904. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Buffalo, New York.

In 1905, e returned to Allentown, serving as district attorney of Lehigh County from 1908 to 1912. He was a Pennsylvania Republican State Committeeman from 1912 to 1920 and a trustee of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and of Cedar Crest College in Allentown.

Gernerd was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922. He resumed the practice of law in Allentown and served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928.

Gernerd died in Allentown and is interred in Trexlertown Cemetery in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Fred B. Gernerd (id: G000137)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress..
• Fred Benjamin Gernerd at The Political Graveyard.