Frederick Malkus

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Frederick C. Malkus Jr.

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|7|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|11|9|1913|7|1}}

| death_place =

| constituency =

| party = Democrat

| spouse = Margaret "Maggie" Moorer

| profession =

| religion =

| footnotes =

| state_senate = Maryland

| district = 37th{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/legis37sen.html |title=Maryland Senate, Legislative District 37 |work=maryland.gov |date=September 30, 1999 |publisher=Maryland State Archives}}

| term_start = 1983

| term_end = 1994

| predecessor = Harry J. McGuirk

| successor = Richard F. Colburn

| state_senate2 = Maryland

| district2 = 35th{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/legis35sen.html |title=Maryland Senate, Legislative District 35 |work=maryland.gov |date=September 30, 1999 |publisher=Maryland State Archives}}

| term_start2 = 1975

| term_end2 = 1982

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = William H. Amoss

| state_senate3 = Maryland

| district3 = 16th{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/legis16sen.html |title=Maryland Senate, Legislative District 16 |work=maryland.gov |date=September 30, 1999 |publisher=Maryland State Archives}}

| term_start3 = 1967

| term_end3 = 1974

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 = Newton I. Steers Jr.

| state_senate4 = Maryland

| district4 = ?

| term_start4 = 1952

| term_end4 = 1966

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| successor4 =

| state_delegate5 = Maryland

| district5 = ?

| term_start5 = 1947

| term_end5 = 1951

| predecessor5 =

| successor5 =

}}

Frederick C. Malkus Jr. (July 1, 1913 – November 9, 1999) was a Democratic state legislator from Maryland.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc5100/sc5123/000002/html/malkus.html |title= Maryland State Senator Frederick C. Malkus, Jr. |access-date=July 12, 2015 |work=maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=March 16, 2000}} He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1947 to 1951 and then in the Maryland State Senate until 1994. When he retired, he had served for 48 years, making him the longest serving legislator in the US.Hoyer, Steny H. "A Tribute To Frederick C. Malkus, Jr." {{USCongRec|1999|E2450|date=February 12, 1999}} He never lost a re-election bid, though he did lose a 1973 congressional race to Republican Robert E. Bauman.{{cite news |title=Frederick Malkus Jr., 86, legislator who served in Assembly for 48 years |date=November 11, 1999 |first1=Frederick N. |last1=Rasmussen |first2=Jacques |last2=Kelly |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/11/11/frederick-malkus-jr-86-legislator-who-served-in-assembly-for-48-years/ |access-date=2015-07-12 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417021200/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-11-11/news/9911110067_1_malkus-senate-dorchester |archive-date=April 17, 2015}} In 1987, a new four-lane U.S. 50 bridge over the Choptank River, the Frederick C. Malkus Bridge, was named in his honor, the first bridge to be named for a living Marylander.