Frank Fellows (politician)
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Frank Fellows was a U.S. Representative
from Maine
.
Born in Bucksport, Maine, Fellows attended the public schools, East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine, and the University of Maine
.
He was graduated from the University of Maine Law School, admitted to the bar in 1911, and commenced practice in Portland, Maine
.
He served as clerk of the United States District Court of Maine 1917-1920. He later moved his practice to Bangor, Maine
.
Fellows was elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-seventh Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Bangor, August 27, 1951. He represented Bangor and Eastern Maine in the 3rd Congressional District, taking the seat of his political mentor, Owen Brewster
, who had successfully run for the United States Senate
. Fellows began to make a national name for himself in 1948 with 'red-baiting' speeches, such as one in Baltimore in which he said "we need to spray and fumigate the State Dept. with DDT of 100% strength". On the other hand, as Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Immigration, he also sponsored a House bill to admit over 200,000 "displaced persons" (European war refugees) into the United States, and fought as " discriminatory" the Senate version of the same legislation which would have barred Jews and created preferences for northern Europeans. Even the Fellows Bill, however, left out Asians, and set a total quota only half as large as the one requested by President Truman.
Fellows died in office after an illness. He is interred in Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.
United States House of Representatives
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from Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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Born in Bucksport, Maine, Fellows attended the public schools, East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, Maine, and the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
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He was graduated from the University of Maine Law School, admitted to the bar in 1911, and commenced practice in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
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He served as clerk of the United States District Court of Maine 1917-1920. He later moved his practice to Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
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Fellows was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Seventy-seventh Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Bangor, August 27, 1951. He represented Bangor and Eastern Maine in the 3rd Congressional District, taking the seat of his political mentor, Owen Brewster
Owen Brewster
Ralph Owen Brewster was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, was solidly conservative...
, who had successfully run for the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
. Fellows began to make a national name for himself in 1948 with 'red-baiting' speeches, such as one in Baltimore in which he said "we need to spray and fumigate the State Dept. with DDT of 100% strength". On the other hand, as Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Immigration, he also sponsored a House bill to admit over 200,000 "displaced persons" (European war refugees) into the United States, and fought as " discriminatory" the Senate version of the same legislation which would have barred Jews and created preferences for northern Europeans. Even the Fellows Bill, however, left out Asians, and set a total quota only half as large as the one requested by President Truman.
Fellows died in office after an illness. He is interred in Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.