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'''Fredrick William Draper''' (July 22, 1868 – September 2, 1962) was an American politician and educator.

Born in Dundee, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in the town of Osceola,<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Ex-Assemblyman Fred Draper Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8018149/fred_w_draper_18681962/|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=September 5, 1962|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 27, 2016 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Draper moved with his parents to Loyal, Clark County, Wisconsin. Draper went to the Loyal Public Schools and then to Oshkosh Normal School (now University of Wisconsin&ndash;Oshkosh). Clark taught school in Clark County. From 1901 to 1911, Draper was Clark County Circuit Court Clerk and was a Republican. He also served on the school board and was justice of the peace. In 1911, Draper served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>''Wisconsin Blue Book'', 1911, Biographical Sketch of F. W. Draper, p. 754.</ref> Draper moved to Greensboro, North Carolina to live with his daughter. He died in Greensboro and was buried in his hometown of Loyal.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>Fred W. Draper obituary, ''Clark County Press'' (Neillsville, Wisconsin), September 13, 1962.</ref>

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==External links== *{{Find a Grave|100465606|Fredrick William Draper}}

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