Fred Churchill Leonard was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Fred C. Leonard was born in Elmer, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, the State normal school

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

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 at Mansfield, Pennsylvania

Mansfield, Pennsylvania

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, and Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts

Easthampton, Massachusetts

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. He graduated from Yale College

Yale College

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 in 1883. He studied law in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

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, and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He moved to Elmira, New York

Elmira, New York

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, and thence, in 1887, to Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Coudersport, Pennsylvania

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, and practiced law.

Leonard was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 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.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard