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|name = Frederick S. Fish<br />
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|office = Member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] from [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]]<br />
|term_start = 1885<br />
|term_end = 1888<br />
|predecessor = William Stainsby<br />
|successor = Augustus F. R. Martin<br />
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|birth_date = February 1852<br />
|birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]]<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|08|11|1852|2|1}}<br />
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|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br />
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'''Frederick Samuel Fish''' (8<ref>Birthdate wrongly recorded as 5 Feb in Conway genealogy</ref> February 1852 – 13 August 1936), born in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], was an American lawyer, politician<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html Entry in 'Political Graveyard' register]</ref> and automotive manufacturing executive. Originally a successful corporation lawyer, he entered the [[Studebaker]] corporation through marriage and became the corporation's president in 1909 and chairman of the board from 1915 to 1935. He is credited with introducing the manufacture of Studebaker cars, first [[Studebaker Electric (automobile)|electric]], then gasoline-powered.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
His parents were the Rev. Henry Clay and Clarissa (Jones) Fish. He attended [[Newark Academy]] and entered the [[University of Rochester]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in 1873. He then studied law, was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1876, and practised in Newark and in New York City from 1876 to 1890.<ref>from genealogical notes at [http://www.fritziinc.com/tree/pafn262.htm#6995 Conway's of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005232456/http://www.fritziinc.com/tree/pafn262.htm#6995 |date=2011-10-05 }} family tree. (NB: Some of the dates in this record have been proved erroneous.)</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
He was city attorney of Newark (1880–1884), a member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] (1884–85) and a member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] from [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] (1885–1887), serving as president of that body during his last term.<br />
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==Career with Studebaker Corporation==<br />
In 1891, Fred Fish married Grace, the daughter of [[John Studebaker]] and entered the Studebakers' wagon-making firm as a director and general counsel.<ref>"Ex-State Senator Frederick S. Fish will leave Newark to become the general counsel of the Studebaker Brothers' Manufacturing Company at South Bend, Ind." [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/03/26/103300335.pdf NYT City & Suburban News], 26 Mar 1891 (PDF)</ref> In 1897, he became chairman of the executive committee.<ref name=Longst>{{cite book|title=A Century on Wheels: The Story of Studebaker|last=Longstreet|first=Stephen|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|location=New York|id=1st edn., 1952}}</ref>{{rp|p.66}} However, he was more than a lawyer&mdash;he was an aviation enthusiast, even before the [[Wright brothers]] flew at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina|Kitty Hawk]]. In 1895, he was talking about his ideas for a practical horseless carriage and, in 1897, the firm had an engineer working on a motor vehicle.<ref name=Longst/>{{rp|p.66}} He can therefore be identified as the first person to initiate production of motor vehicles at the world's largest maker of wagons and carriages at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1919, his son Frederick Studebaker Fish was listed as a Studebaker director in the company history written by president [[Albert Russel Erskine]].<ref>Erskine A R [https://archive.org/details/historystudebak00erskgoog <!-- quote="History of the Studebaker Corporation". --> ''History of the Studebaker Corporation''], South Bend 1918, page 7. (Free download from Google Books)</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
*Erskine A R [https://archive.org/details/historystudebak00erskgoog <!-- quote=Erskine Studebaker history. --> ''History of the Studebaker Corporation''], South Bend 1918 (free PDF download at Google Books)<br />
*Longstreet, Stephen ''A Century on Wheels: The Story of Studebaker, A History, 1852–1952'', Henry Holt and Co, N.Y. (1952)<br />
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