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Lou Frey Jr.

Official portrait of Lou Frey Jr.
Lou Frey Jr.
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative FL
Republican

Republican
FL
House
A Representative from Florida. Born in Rutherford, Bergen County, N. J. , January 11, 1934. Graduated from Rutherford High School, Rutherford, N. Y. , 1951. B. A. , Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y, 1955. United States Navy, naval aviation, 1955-1958. United States Naval Reserve, 1958-1978. J. D. , University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich. ,1961. Admitted to Florida bar, 1961. Lawyer, private practice. Assistant county solicitor until 1963. Associate, and partner, law firm of Gurney, Skolfield &. Frey, Winter Park, Fla. , 1963-1967. Acting general counsel, Florida State Turnpike Authority, 1966-1967. Partner, law firm of Mateer, Frey, Young &. Harbert, Orlando Fla. , 1967. Chairman, Florida Federation of Young Republicans. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Florida. Unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination to the United States Senate in 1980. Died on October 14, 2019, in Winter Springs, Fla.