J. Allen Frear, Jr.
| J. Allen Frear Jr. | |
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United States Senator from Delaware |
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In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | C. Douglass Buck |
| Succeeded by | J. Caleb Boggs |
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March 7, 1903 Kent County, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 1993 (aged 89) Dover, Delaware, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Schauer |
| Residence | Dover, Delaware |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1946 |
| Rank | Major |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (March 7, 1903 – January 15, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961.
J. Allen Frear was born on a farm near Rising Sun, in Kent County, Delaware, to Joseph Allen and Clara (née Lowber) Frear. His mother died in 1922, and his father subsequently married her brother's daughter. Frear was a distant relative of Robert Freer, who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. One of three children, he received his early education at local public schools, and graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1920.
Frear studied at the University of Delaware in Newark, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1924. Following his graduation, he became operator of three farms and president of a retail business that distributed milk, fuel, farm machinery, and fertilizer. He served as commissioner of Delaware State College in Dover (1936–1941) and of the Delaware Old Age Welfare Commission (1938–1948). Also interested in banking, he was director (1938–1946) and chairman of the board (1946–1948) of the Federal Land Bank in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War II, he served as a major in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. From 1947 to 1951, he was president of Kent General Hospital in Dover.
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