Fred Falley | |
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| 3rd North Dakota Secretary of State | |
| In office 1897–1900 | |
| Preceded by | Christian M. Dahl |
| Succeeded by | Edward F. Porter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fred Falley July 1, 1859 York, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Clara Falley |
Fred Falley (1859–1907) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 3rd Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1897 to 1900.[1] He first won election to the Secretary of State position in 1896, and served until 1900 when he did not seek re-election.[2]
Fred Falley was born on July 1, 1859, in York, Illinois. He went to school in Illinois and Wisconsin. He learned the newspaper printing trade in Lancaster, Wisconsin. In 1880, he moved to Wahpeton, Dakota Territory, and was employed as a printer until 1883.[3] In 1883, Fred Falley established the Sargent County Teller newspaper in Milnor, North Dakota.[4] He ran the newspaper until 1887 when he sold it and purchased the North Dakota Globe in Wahpeton, North Dakota.[3]
In 1885, Fred Falley married Clara Mitchell in Lancaster, Wisconsin. The couple had one son, Richard M. Falley. Clara Falley died in 1893. Fred Falley remarried in 1896 to Mrs. S. R. Pyatt in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and they had one son.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ North Dakota Secretary of State | About the Secretary of State
- ^ North Dakota Blue Book, 2005
- ^ a b c Flower, F. G. (1899). "Souvenir, North Dakota Legislature, 1899". www.digitalhorizonsonline.org. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Sargeant County Teller (Linton, Sargeant County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1883-1972". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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