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(April 22, 1859-October 9, 1939). B. Altencelle, Hannover, Ger.; to Am. 1875; educ. Conc. Coll., Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Conc. Sem., St. Louis, Missouri; traveling miss. Minnesota and territories of Dak. and Montana (base Odessa, Minnesota) 1880–87. Pastor Lewiston, Minnesota, 1887–94; Hamburg, Minnesota, 1894–1911; pres. Minnesota and Dak. Dist. of the Mo. Syn. 1891–1908; pres. Mo. Syn. 1911–35, honorary pres. 1935–39.

E. A. Mayer, “Dr. Friedrich Pfotenhauer (1859–1939),” tr. F. A. Hertwig CHIQ, XIII, 1 (April 1940), 1–22; H. A. Grueber, “F. Pfotenhauer: The Man and the Leader,” CHIQ, XIII, 1 (April 1940), 22–25.