Robert E. Freer

Robert Elliott Freer (January 30, 1896 – January 6, 1963)^[1] was an Ohio attorney who served as chair of the Federal Trade Commission from January 1, 1939, to December 31, 1939, again from January 1, 1944, to December 31, 1944, and a third time from January 1, 1948, to December 31, 1948.^[2]

Early life and education

Freer was orn in

Washington College of Law in 1929.^[4]

Career

He entered the practice of law in Cincinnati in 1917.[4] He served in the United States Army during World War II in the 324th Infantry Regiment, and was deployed to France.^[5]

In 1925, he became an attorney with the Bureau of Valuation within the Interstate Commerce Commission.In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Freer as a Republican member of the FTC.^[1] Freer was reappointed to the FTC by President Harry S. Truman in 1948, but resigned later that year to return to the practice of law.^[1]

In 1960, Freer returned to government service as a hearing examiner for the Federal Power Commission^[1]

Honors

1928: Elected membership by his alma mater, University of Cincinnati College of Law, to the Order of the Coif^[6]

Personal life and death

Freer married three times, first – on October 28, 1919, in

Portia Law School in Boston.^[8]

Freer died of multiple myeloma at the age of 66,^[1] and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

Political offices
Preceded by Garland S. Ferguson	Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission 1939–1939 1944–1944 1948–1948	Succeeded by Ewin L. Davis Ewin L. Davis Lowell B. Mason

Bibliography

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1963, p. 42.
^ Federal Trade Commission, October 2021.
^ "Robert Elliott Freer", 1920, pp. 24–25.
^ ^a ^b Martindale-Hubbell. Vol. 1, 1958, p. 743.
^ ^a ^b Cincinnati Enquirer, October 29, 1919, p. 7.
^ American Law School Review, December 1928, p. 385.
^ Boston Globe, September 12, 1939, p. 22.
^ Washington Post, April 22, 1979.

References

American Law School Review (The) (December 1928). "Notes and Personals".
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Federal Trade Commission (October 2021). Commissioners, Chairwomen and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission (PDF) (timeline). . Retrieved January 22, 2021..

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Vol. 1 (of 3) (90th Annual ed.). 1958. p. 743.
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"Robert Elliott Freer". Memoirs of Miami Valley.
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Washington Post (The); Joyce, Maureen (April 22, 1979). "Alice Barry Freer, Former City Court Official, Dies". . Retrieved May 20, 2022.

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[FOOTNOTE''Chicago_Tribune'',_January_7,196342-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1963, p. 42.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Trade_Commission,_October2021-2] Federal Trade Commission, October 2021.

[FOOTNOTE"Robert_Elliott_Freer",192024–25-3] "Robert Elliott Freer", 1920, pp. 24–25.

[FOOTNOTE''Martindale-Hubbell''._Vol._1,1958743-4] Martindale-Hubbell. Vol. 1, 1958, p. 743.

[FOOTNOTE''Cincinnati_Enquirer'',_October_29,19197-5] Cincinnati Enquirer, October 29, 1919, p. 7.

[FOOTNOTE''American_Law_School_Review'',_December1928385-6] American Law School Review, December 1928, p. 385.

[FOOTNOTE''Boston_Globe'',_September_12,193922-7] Boston Globe, September 12, 1939, p. 22.

[FOOTNOTE''Washington_Post'',_April_22,1979-8] Washington Post, April 22, 1979.

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Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission
Member-selected (1915–1950)	Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
Presidential appointments (1950–present) Acting chairs italicized	James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)