Fred H. Hildebrandt

Fred Herman Hildebrandt (August 2, 1874-January 26, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He was born in West Bend, Wisconsin in 1874. He moved with his parents to Waupun, Wisconsin, where he attended the public and high schools. He later moved to Watertown, South Dakota in 1900 and was employed as a railroad worker from 1903 to 1932.

He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1922 and 1923, and served as the head of the South Dakota Game and Fish Commission from 1927 to 1931. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1932, and remained in that position through 1938, when he ran unsuccessfully for the position of United States Senator. He retired from public life and resided in Watertown, dying in Bradenton, Florida in 1956.