Frederick H. Dominick

Infobox_Congressman
name=Dominick, Frederick H.


state=South Carolina
district= 3rd
term= March 4, 1917-March 3, 1933
preceded=Wyatt Aiken
succeeded=John C. Taylor
date of birth=February 20, 1877
place of birth=Peak, South Carolina
date of death=March 11, 1960
place of death=Newberry, South Carolina
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
partyDemocratic |

Frederick Haskell Dominick, (September 4 1918 - July 16 1966) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for eight terms from 1917 to 1933.

Biography

He was born in Peak in Newberry County, South Carolina on February 20, 1877. He attended the public schools of Columbia, South Carolina, Newberry College, South Carolina College in Columbia and the law school of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Newberry, South Carolina. He as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1901 to 1902. He was a chairman of the Democratic Party county committee from 1906 to 1914. He served as an assistant attorney general of South Carolina from 1913 to 1916. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1924. He was elected to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932. In congress, he was one of the managers appointed by the United States House of Representatives in 1926 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against George W. English, who was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. During the Second World War, he served as an assistant to the United States Attorney General of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.. He practiced law in Newberry, South Carolina until his death there March 11, 1960. He was interred in Rosemont Cemetery.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000408 Congressional biography]

Persondata
NAME=Dominick, Frederick Haskell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= US Congressman from 3rd district 1917-1933
DATE OF BIRTH=February 20, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH=Peak, South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH=March 11, 1960
PLACE OF DEATH=Newberry, South Carolina