Frīdrihs Vesmanis (April 15, 1875 – December 7, 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician for the LSDWP and the first Speaker of the Saeima.

Vesmanis was born on April 15, 1875, in Rundāle Parish to Kārļa Vesmaņa and Elizabetes Vesmanes (née Straumanes).

[1] After graduating from Jelgava Gymnasium, Vesmanis studied at the University of Tartu.

[2] In 1903, however, he was illegally returned to Latvia, but was promptly arrested and deported to a camp in Šiauliai.

[5] On June 14, 1941, Vesmanis and his wife were arrested for being a "Socialist leader in [the] extreme right direction."