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Richard Freeman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Bryan F. Mahan |
| Succeeded by | William L. Higgins |
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| Born | (1869-04-24)April 24, 1869 New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1944(1944-07-08) (aged 75) |
| Political party | Republican |
Richard Patrick Freeman (April 24, 1869 – July 8, 1944) was aU.S. Representative fromConnecticut.
Born inNew London, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools.He was graduated from Bulkeley High School at New London in 1887, fromNoble and Greenough's Preparatory School,Boston, Massachusetts, in 1888, fromHarvard University in 1891, and from the law department ofYale University in 1894.He wasadmitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice inNew London, Connecticut.
He served as special agent for the Department of the Interior in the States of Oregon and Washington in 1896–1898.During the war with Spain served as regimental sergeant major in the Third Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and afterward became major and judge advocate of the Connecticut National Guard.He served as prosecuting attorney of the city of New London 1898–1901.He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to Congress in 1912.
Freeman was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.He resumed the practice of law inNew London, Connecticut.He died inNewington, Connecticut, July 8, 1944.He was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery,New London, Connecticut.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's 2nd congressional district 1915–1933 | Succeeded by |
