Frederick Bartlett Fancher (April 2, 1852 – January 10, 1944) was an American politician who was the seventh governor of North Dakota from 1899 to 1901.

[2] Working in insurance in Illinois (where his office was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871[3]) and North Dakota, Fancher first entered politics and was President of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention in 1889.

[4] He had moved to North Dakota in 1881 and began a large farming operation near Jamestown.

[6] After leaving office, he moved to Sacramento, California and had a retail and wholesale grocery business until his retirement in 1925.

[citation needed] Fancher died in Los Angeles, California, on January 10, 1944, at age 91.