Fred G. Blood (May 4, 1856 – February 20, 1940) was a Populist member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
He moved to Marion to work as an organizer for Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association and was its publisher.
[2] After this rejection, he became involved in the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union as their Illinois State Director.
[4] A Republican until after the 1884 United States presidential election, he became an independent until he joined the People's Party.
[1][5] In 1893, he published an oft-cited work, the Handbook and History of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union.