Edgar Fredricks

{{Short description|American politician and diplomat}}

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| name = Edgar J. Fredricks

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| state_senate = Michigan

| district = 23rd

| term_start = January 1, 1979

| term_end = December 31, 1990

| predecessor = Gary Byker

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| state_house2 = Michigan

| district2 = 54th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1975

| term_end2 = December 31, 1978

| predecessor2 = James S. Farnsworth

| successor2 = Paul Hillegonds

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|06|27}}

| birth_place = Holland, Michigan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|03|31|1942|06|27}}

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| party = Republican

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| alma_mater = Western Michigan University
Calvin College

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Edgar J. Fredricks (June 27, 1942 – March 31, 2016) was a Republican member of the Michigan Legislature from 1975 through 1990.[http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2016-SCR-0029 SCR 29 (2016): A concurrent resolution of tribute offered as a memorial for Edgar "Ed" Fredricks, former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate. ]The Political Graveyard: [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frederick-freels.html#438.29.50 Fredricks, Edgar J.]

Fredricks was an aide to Congressman Guy Vander Jagt, and was executive director of President Richard Nixon's Michigan campaign in 1968. He was later in diplomatic service, as vice consul in the U.S. Embassy in South Korea and as a political officer in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the State Department.{{cite news|title=Funeral Set For Former Legislator Edgar Fredricks, 73|url=http://www.gongwer.com/programming/news.cfm?article_ID=550690106#sthash.T7HtS2Rm.dpbs|work=Gongwer News Service|date=8 April 2016}}

Fredricks unsuccessfully challenged Fred Upton in the primary for Congress in 1990.