1975 Fred Cain Massachusetts House of Representatives

Fred F. Cain (November 5, 1909 – May 17, 1977) was an American politician. Cain was born in

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on November 5, 1909, and attended

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. He became a salesman, and in 1936, began running his own car dealership. He became known as a proponent for widening and adding more exits to

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. In 1964, Cain ended his involvement with the dealership he had founded, to run for a seat on the

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, on which he served a total of twelve years. From at least 1971 to 1975 he held the 25th Middlesex district seat. He then won election from the 36th Middlesex district in 1974 and 1976. Cain died on May 17, 1977, at

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, aged 67. His wife Ann died in 2011, aged 99.

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