Lew Frederick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lew Frederick

American politician

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1951

Place of Birth: Pullman, Washington, United States

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lew Frederick (born December 1951) is an American Democratic politician from the U.S.
state of Oregon, currently representing District 22 in the Oregon Legislature.
Born in Pullman, Washington, Frederick was raised in Baton Rouge and Atlanta, and moved to Portland in 1974.
According to the Portland Tribune, he was Oregon's "highest-ranking black leader and the only black man serving in the Oregon Legislature" as of 2010.
Commissioner Amanda Fritz and The Skanner endorsed Frederick during his campaign for District 43. Frederick, formerly a member of the House Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology, has moved into the leadership ranks through his new Committee assignments.
Frederick's 2013 Regular Session assignments are as Vice-Chair, Land Use Committee; and both the Ways and Means Committee, per se, as well as the Ways and Means Subcommittee On Education.Currently, Frederick is one of three African-Americans serving in the Oregon senate, along with fellow Democrat James Manning Jr.
and Republican Jackie Winters.