Fisk, Fred

From Lane Co Oregon

Fred Fisk, a Deputy Sheriff with the Lane County Sheriff's Office, was appointed to take the place of "Billy" Withers in 1903. Fisk was born in Fisk, Iowa in 1873 and moved with his family to the Eugene area in 1888. He served as Sheriff until 1906, when he left to become a banker and later, worked in the timber business. Fisk was elected to the Oregon Senate, serving from 1922 to 1926 and went on to become Lane County Judge in 1933.

Fisk attended public schools in Eugene and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1897.