Frederick Van Nuys

Frederick Van Nuys

United States Senator from Indiana
In office March 4, 1933 – January 25, 1944
Preceded by	James Eli Watson
Succeeded by	Samuel D. Jackson
Personal details
Born	April 16, 1874(1874-04-16) Falmouth, Indiana, United States
Died	January 25, 1944(1944-01-25) (aged 69) Vienna, Virginia, United States
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Earlham College Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Frederick Van Nuys (April 16, 1874 - January 25, 1944) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) in 1898 and from the predecessor of the now Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Shelbyville moving shortly afterward to Anderson. From 1906 to 1910 he was prosecuting attorney of Madison County and was a member of the Indiana Senate from 1913 to 1916, serving as president pro tempore in 1915. He moved to Indianapolis in 1916 and continued the practice of law; he was United States attorney for the district of Indiana from 1920 to 1922.

Frederick Van Nuys was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1932, soundly defeating longtime incumbent James Eli Watson. He was narrowly reelected in 1938, serving from March 4, 1933, until his death on a farm near Vienna, Virginia in 1944. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (76th Congress) and a member of the Committee on the Judiciary (77th and 78th Congresses). Interment was in East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Indiana.

Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was van-NIECE. (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

References

United States Senate
Preceded by James Eli Watson	United States Senator (Class 3) from Indiana 1933–1944 Served alongside: Arthur Raymond Robinson, Sherman Minton, Raymond E. Willis	Succeeded by Samuel D. Jackson
Political offices
Preceded by Henry F. Ashurst	Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee 1941–1944	Succeeded by Pat McCarran

United States Senators from Indiana

Class 1	Noble • Hanna • Tipton • White • Bright • Wright • Turpie • T. Hendricks • Pratt • McDonald • Harrison • Turpie • Beveridge • Kern • New • Ralston • Robinson • Minton • Willis • Jenner • Hartke • Lugar

Class 3	Taylor • W. Hendricks • Smith • Hannegan • Whitcomb • Cathcart • Pettit • Fitch • Lane • Morton • Voorhees • Fairbanks • Hemenway • Shively • Taggart • Watson • Van Nuys • Jackson • Jenner • Capehart • Bayh II • Quayle • Coats • Bayh III • Coats

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Chase • Crittenden • Burrill • Smith • Van Buren • Berrien • Rowan • Marcy • Wilkins • Clayton • Grundy • Wall • Berrien • Ashley • Butler • Bayard • Trumbull • Edmunds • Thurman • Edmunds • Hoar • Pugh • Hoar • Platt • Clark • Culberson • Nelson • Brandegee • Cummins • Norris • Ashurst • Van Nuys • McCarran • Wiley • McCarran • Langer • Kilgore • Eastland • Kennedy • Thurmond • Biden • Hatch • Leahy • Hatch • Leahy • Hatch • Specter • Leahy

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Expenditures in Executive Departments (1921–1952)	McCormick • Reed • Sackett • Goff • Steiwer • Lewis • Van Nuys • Hill • Aiken • McClellan

Government Operations (1952–1977)	McClellan • McCarthy • McClellan • Ervin • Ribicoff

Governmental Affairs (1977–2005)	Ribicoff • Roth • Glenn • Roth • Stevens • Thompson • Lieberman • Thompson • Lieberman • Collins

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (2005–)	Collins • Lieberman

Persondata
Name	Frederick Van Nuys
Alternative names	Fred
Short description	American Politician
Date of birth	April 16, 1874
Place of birth	Falmouth, Indiana, United States
Date of death	January 25, 1944
Place of death	Vienna, Virginia, United States