Albert Asa Fredericks (February 22, 1891–October 22, 1975) was an educator and a Democratic politician from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who was affiliated with the powerful Long faction. February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The city of Natchitoches (pronounced , or NAK-uh-tush) is the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Earl Kemp Long (August 26, 1895 – September 5, 1960) was an American politician and three-time Governor of Louisiana. ... A faction is a special interest group. ...

Fredericks, principally known as A.A. Fredericks, was born in the Clear Lake Community in Natchitoches Parish to Nolberry Fredericks and the former Emily Cannon. He was educated in local schools and at Northwestern State University, an institution which he would head as president from 1934-1941. At the time, Northwestern was known as the Louisiana State Normal College. Fredericks obtained his teaching certificate in 1912. Thereafter, he obtained his bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1917 and 1925, respectively. From 1912-1913, at the age of twenty-one, he was a principal of a two-room school in the Sharp Community in Rapides Parish. He taught at Gorum in Natchitoches Parish from 1913-1914. Natchitoches Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... The seal of Northwestern State University. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... A normal school is a institution for training teachers. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... Capitol Building Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana, a state of the United States of America. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... A principal is: The head of an educational institution. ... Rapides Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Fredericks was the county agent for the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service for East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes. He was the state dairy agent for the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station in 1918. He then returned to Northwestern State, where he was director of rural education from 1919-1934, at which point he became the college president. Agricultural extension was once known as the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. ... East Feliciana Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... West Feliciana Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... An agricultural experiment station is a research center that conducts scientific investigations to solve problems and suggest improvements in the food and agriculture industry. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China An artists rendering of an aerial view of the Maryland countryside: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In 1932, Fredericks was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from Natchitoches and neighboring Red River Parish, a position that he held for four consecutive terms. At the time state senate districts were not numbered, as there was no "one-man, one-vote" requirement. When Fredericks left the Senate in 1948, he was elected to the Louisiana State Board of Education, a parttime position that he retained until 1966. From 1948-1950, he was also the executive secretary to Governor Earl Kemp Long, whom he had lsupported politically. In 1950, Fredericks became the Louisiana State Commissioner of Public Welfare, a position that he retained until Long's tenure as governor ended in 1952. Fredericks was so highly regarded by Long that he returned as the gubernatorial executive secretary in the last two years of Long's last term, 1959-1960. The versatile Fredericks was also a special agent of the Kansas City Southern Railroad from 1946-1973, an employer of another Louisiana politician, former Lieutenant Governor James Edward "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr., of New Orleans. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The Louisiana State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Red River Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Earl Kemp Long (26 August 1895 - 5 September 1960) was an American politician and three-time Governor of Louisiana. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Categories: Railway companies of the United States ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... James Edward Jimmy Fitzmorris, Jr. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

On August 22, 1922, Fredericks married the former Marjorie Jackson May. She was the daughter of Thomas Wilson May of Cherry Valley, Arkansas, and the former Georgie Ware Jackson. The couple had one daughter, Emily May Fredericks. August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Cherry Valley is a city located in Cross County, Arkansas. ...

Fredericks was long active in the Democratic Party at both state and national levels. His friend Governor John Julian McKeithen appointed him to the Louisiana Educational Television Authority (Public Broadcasting Service), and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who lost Louisiana's electoral votes in 1964, named him to the National Council on Aging. John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 -- June 4, 1999), a Democrat from the tiny town of Columbia in Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, was the first governor of his state to serve two consecutive terms. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... “LBJ” redirects here. ... Ageing or aging is the process of getting older. ...

He was a member and vestryman of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchitoches. A.A. and Marjorie Fredericks are interred in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches. The arms of the Episcopal Church are based on the St Georges Cross, a symbol of England (mother of world Anglicanism), with a saltire reminiscent of the Cross of St Andrew in the canton in reference to the historical origins of the American episcopate in the Scottish Episcopal Church. ...

Fredericks is commemorated at NSU by the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium and the A.A. Fredericks Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. There is also the A.A. Fredericks Collection in the Eugene P. Watson Library at NSU, which contains campaign items collected between 1914 and 1964. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

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