Fred Dickinson Letts (April 26, 1875 - January 19, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa, cousin of Lester Jesse Dickinson. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Lester Jesse ("L J" or "Dick" Dickinson ( October 29, 1873 - June 4, 1968) was a Republican United States Representative
Born near Ainsworth, Washington County, Iowa, Letts attended the common schools of Washington County. He was graduated from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, in 1897 and from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1899. Fairfield is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Davenport, Iowa. Davenport is a City along the Mississippi River in the American state of Iowa. He was appointed judge of the seventh judicial district of Iowa on March 25, 1911, and served until December 31, 1912. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
Letts was elected to the same position in 1914, and served until his resignation on February 28, 1925, having been elected to Congress. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Letts was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931). Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He was appointed by President Hoover an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now United States District Court for the District of Columbia) May 5, 1931, and served until his retirement May 31, 1961. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He died in Washington, D.C., January 19, 1965. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Ainsworth Cemetery, Ainsworth, Iowa. Ainsworth is a city in Washington County, Iowa, United States.