Biography
Frederick Krafft was an editor and a socialist politician from Ridgefield, New Jersey. Frederick Krafft was sentenced to five years in prison. He began serving his term in Atlanta Penitentiary on October 22, 1917. A "pro-war" Socialist, Krafft went to prison for making a speech in Newark, New Jersey. In upholding his sentence, the federal court of appeals noted that Krafft, an editor and a candidate for governor of New Jersey, was "a man of much public prominence." Lie received a full presidential pardon in 1919.
The presidential-clemency table in the 1921 Senate amnesty hearings records a sentence imposed October 22, 1917: Five years at Atlanta and a $1,000 fine. Pardon granted March 3, 1919. A pardon, commutation, nominal expiration or parole eligibility is not itself evidence of the day of physical release; the imposed or reduced term is not a measured time served.
Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners, 1921 Senate hearings, printed page 179.
The clemency table records his October 22, 1917 five-year Atlanta sentence and a presidential pardon granted March 3, 1919. The pardon date is not independently established here as the day of physical discharge.
1921 Senate hearings, physical pages 185; SHA256 78ef2e71d40cc5d7a3e9ce8e3a10aa5c745c70cd879bc33cbba1b11d02482441. Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners.
