Fred J. Slater

Fred J. Slater (June 26, 1885 – August 20, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on June 26, 1885, in Greece, Monroe County, New York, the son of John Slater and Mary (McShea) Slater. He attended District School No. 5, graduated from Charlotte High School in 1902; and Ph.B. from the University of Rochester in 1906;[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1911; and became a member of the Order of the Coif.[2] He was admitted to the bar in Michigan in 1911, and in New York in 1912.

He practiced law, and engaged in farming and fruit-growing in his hometown. Later he also engaged in the farm real estate business. In 1920, he married Agnes G. Mulligan (died 1926), and they had a son: John F. Slater.

Slater was a member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 4th D.) in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (46th D.) from 1929 to 1934, sitting in the 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislatures.

He was Town Attorney of Greece from 1934 to 1939; and Assistant Clerk of the New York State Senate from 1939 until his death in 1943. In 1937, he was injoined by federal judge John Knight to refrain from selling stock of the Craig Gold Mine, of Madoc, Ontario.[3]

He died on August 20, 1943, in Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York, after a heart attack;[4] and was buried at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery in Greece.[5]

Notes

New York Red Book (1929, pg. 43)
The Michiganensian of 1913 (pg. 288)
WRIT HALTS STOCK SALE in the New York Times on November 19, 1937 (subscription required)
AREA MOURNS DEATH OF FRED SLATER, G.O.P. VETERAN, STATE SENATOR in The Greece Press on August 26, 1943
Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery transcriptions at MCNY Genealogy

gollark: and no stupid antinuclear hysteria, we would be better off.

gollark: If there was more research, less problematic government meddling with nuclear, snd

gollark: Yes, nuclear plants are veeeeery expensive to build for whatever reason.

gollark: Of course, if you run a vast network of superconducting cables around the entire planet, you can just get solar power from wherever *is* lit up!

gollark: Solar has problems, apparently, like high energy input to make and the obvious one of batteries.

External links

Fred J. Slater at Find a Grave

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Gilbert L. Lewis	New York State Assembly Monroe County, 4th District 1925–1928	Succeeded by Richard L. Saunders
New York State Senate
Preceded by Homer E. A. Dick	New York State Senate 46th District 1929–1934	Succeeded by Norman A. O'Brien

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[1] New York Red Book (1929, pg. 43)

[2] The Michiganensian of 1913 (pg. 288)

[3] WRIT HALTS STOCK SALE in the New York Times on November 19, 1937 (subscription required)

[4] AREA MOURNS DEATH OF FRED SLATER, G.O.P. VETERAN, STATE SENATOR in The Greece Press on August 26, 1943

[5] Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery transcriptions at MCNY Genealogy