# Alexander Frederick
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'''Alexander Ernest Frederick''' (July 6, 1885 – April 7, 1974) was a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) attorney, minister, politician, and animal welfare advocate, who served as a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) and as Wisconsin's first and only State Humane Officer. His name was often abbreviated as {{nowrap|'''A. E. Frederick'''.}}
==Early life and career==
Frederick was born in 1885 in [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin)[{{cite news|title=Rev. Dr. A. E. Frederick of Sparta: He Served God—and Man—All His Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34993586/a_e_frederick_18851974/ |newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune |date=April 10, 1974 |page=11 |via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |accessdate = August 17, 2019}} {{Open access}}] and educated in Madison Public Schools. He attended the [University of Wisconsin Law School](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_Law_School).[''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1913&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=677 The Wisconsin Blue Book]''. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., 1913, p. 677.]
After his graduation from the University of Wisconsin Law School and [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University), he studied theology and entered ministry as an ordained pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1912 he was appointed by Governor [Francis E. McGovern](/source/Francis_E._McGovern) as humane officer for [Monroe County, Wisconsin](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Wisconsin), where he was active in reform movements. Frederick was also a probation officer and attorney who brought cases before state courts and tribunals, including the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMBGAAAAMAAJ|title=Opinions and Decisions of the Railroad Commission of the State of Wisconsin|last1=Wisconsin|first1=Railroad Commission of|year=1914}}] Frederick fought in [World War I](/source/World_War_I), serving as a commanding officer in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TJKAQAAMAAJ&dq=A.E.+Frederick+Sparta+Wisconsin&pg=PA152|title=The National Humane Review|date=1920|publisher=American Humane Association|language=en}}]
==Public office==
=== Wisconsin Assembly and Wisconsin Humane Officer ===
Frederick was first elected to the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) in 1912 and re-elected in 1914. He assumed office in January 1913 and left office in January 1917, and served as chaplain of the Assembly.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKPVAAAAMAAJ&dq=chaplain&pg=PA542|title=Index to the Journals of the ... Session of the Wisconsin Legislature ... Senate and Assembly|last=Legislature|first=Wisconsin|date=1911|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau|language=en}}] While in the legislature for two terms, Frederick was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was the author of animal welfare policies and also worked to ensure that members of the legislature and its committees were sober during meetings.[{{Cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1913.p0295&id=WI.WIBlueBk1913&isize=M|title=The State: The Wisconsin Blue Book: Part III. Election statistics|website=digicoll.library.wisc.edu|access-date=2018-12-22}}][{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/opinion/editorial/call-a-halt-to-drunken-lawmakers----state/article_e203ed69-ef04-5f09-b2fb-1f456708364b.amp.html|title=Call a halt to drunken lawmakers -- State Journal editorial from 100 years ago {{!}} Opinion {{!}} madison.com|website=madison.com|access-date=2018-12-22}}] Frederick was later appointed to serve as Wisconsin State Humane Officer from 1919 to 1925.[{{Cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&id=WI.WIBlueBk1921&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1921.p0349&isize=text&q1=A.E.%20Frederick|title=The State: The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1921: State government of Wisconsin|website=digicoll.library.wisc.edu|access-date=2018-12-22}}][{{Cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&id=WI.WIBlueBk1925&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1925.p0324&q1=A.E.%20Frederick|title=The State: The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1925: Commissions, boards and departments|website=digicoll.library.wisc.edu|access-date=2018-12-22}}] In 1925, Frederick was the author of ''The Humane Guide: a Manual for Teachers and Humane Workers''.[{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sRkhAQAAIAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sRkhAQAAIAAJ/page/n198 1165]|quote=wisconsin state humane officer A.E. Frederick.|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1925|date=1926|publisher=Copyright Office, Library of Congress|language=en}}]
=== Congressional candidacy ===
Frederick unsuccessfully ran to represent [Wisconsin's 7th congressional district](/source/Wisconsin's_7th_congressional_district) in the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress).
== Personal life ==
A. E. Frederick was the father of [National Organization for Women](/source/National_Organization_for_Women) co-founder [Kathryn F. Clarenbach](/source/Kathryn_F._Clarenbach)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&dq=wisconsin+state+humane+officer+A.E.+Frederick&pg=PA122|title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century|last=Ware|first=Susan|date=2004|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674014886|language=en}}] and grandfather of [David Clarenbach](/source/David_Clarenbach), a [gay](/source/gay) activist who served nine terms in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) and as [Speaker pro tempore](/source/Speaker_pro_tempore) for ten years.[{{Cite web|url=http://ourlivesmadison.com/article/making-history/|title=Making History|website=Our Lives|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-22}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/David.Clarenbach/videos/10154009185319249/|title=David Clarenbach|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}] Frederick died in 1974 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Sparta.