Fremont C. Chamberlain (October 6, 1856 – December 4, 1931) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Biography
editChamberlain was born on October 6, 1856, in Ripon, Wisconsin.[1][2] Attending Ripon College, for a dozen years he taught school in Marquette County, Michigan, beginning in 1875. In 1887, he relocated to Gogebic County, and there married Etta Bartle on February 8, 1897.[3]
Career
editAfter his move to Gogebic County, Chamberlain practiced law and served as supervisor, school inspector and circuit court commissioner. As a Republican, he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1893 to 1900.[3] Being 6' 6" in height, he was referred to as the "Tall Pine of the Gogebic."[1] After leaving the House, he practiced law in Detroit, and in 1905 moved to New York, where he associated with the Tammany Hall political machine.[4] He died in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 4, 1931.
References
edit- ^ a b "Robinson and Chamberlain". Ironwood News-Record. September 26, 1896. p. 24. Retrieved December 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fremont C. Chamberlain". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ a b Justus S. Stearns, Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory for the Years 1899-1900, Lansing: Robert Smith Printing Company, 1900, p. 633.
- ^ "The State", The Evening News, Sault Ste Marie, 19 February 1901, p. 2;"'Tall Pine' is in Town", The Evening News, 9 November 1907, p. 1; "Now Tammany Hall Man", Flint Journal, 6 April 1909, p. 6
