Frederick Essen (April 22, 1863 – August 18, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.
Born near Pond, St. Louis County, Missouri, Essen attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Recorder of deeds of St. Louis County in 1894–1902. He engaged in newspaper business at Clayton, Missouri, becoming the owner of two papers which he combined under the name of the Watchman-Advocate. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912. He served as member of the board of education of Clayton and served as president in 1909–1919.
Clayton is a city in and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, and borders the city of St. Louis. The population was 15,939 at the 2010 census. The city was organized in 1877 and is named after Ralph Clayton, who donated the land for the courthouse. The city is known for its multiple skyscrapers in its business district.
Essen was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jacob E. Meeker and served from November 5, 1918, until March 3, 1919. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918. He resumed newspaper activities. He was also interested in banking. He died in Creve Coeur, Missouri, August 18, 1946. He was interred in Bethel Cemetery, Pond, Missouri.
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Creve Coeur is a city located in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, a part of Greater St. Louis. The population was 17,833 at the 2010 census. Creve Coeur borders and shares a ZIP code (63141) with the neighboring city of Town and Country. It is home to the headquarters of Drury Hotels, and until its acquisition by Bayer in 2018, Monsanto.
