Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was an American educator who served as a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.

During his service, the size of Iowa's house delegation shrank from eleven (in 1931) to nine (in 1933) and then to eight (in 1943), requiring redistricting before the 1932 and 1942 elections.

In 1930, he ran for and won the seat in Iowa's 10th congressional district that L. J. Dickinson vacated in his successful run for the U.S. Senate.

In 1942, following the next redistricting, Pocahontas County was now in Iowa's 6th congressional district, where Gilchrist won re-election once.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress