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See also
Gertrude
Atherton —
Joseph
Pearson Baldwin —
Robert
Morton Baldwin —
William
Orville Baldwin —
William
Francis Barry, Sr. —
John
David Butler —
De
Witt Clinton —
Guy
Ray Pelton —
Henry
A. Smythe —
Herbert
Sanford Walters |
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Franklin, Alfred —
of Arizona.
Son of Benjamin Joseph Franklin.
Delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1912-18; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1912-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Amos A. —
of Chenango
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1829.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Ann Hope —
of Michigan.
Citizens candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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Franklin, Barbara Hackman (b.
1940) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born March 19,
1940.
Republican. U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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| | Franklin,
Ben See Richard Eugene
Franklin |
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Franklin, Benjamin
(1706-1790) —
also known as Silence Dogood; Poor Richard; Anthony
Afterwit; Alice Addertongue; Polly Baker; Harry
Meanwell; Timothy Turnstone; Martha Careful;
Caelia Shortface; "Benevolus" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1706.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister
to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented
bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $100
bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S.
half
dollar (50
cent coin).
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1790 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at La
Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Relatives: Uncle
of Franklin
Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert
John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist).
See Claiborne-Boggs
family. |
| | | Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Wade
— Benjamin
Franklin Wallace
— Benjamin Cromwell Franklin
— Benjamin
Franklin Perry
— Benjamin
Franklin Robinson
— Benjamin
Franklin Massey
— Benjamin
Franklin Leiter
— Benjamin
Franklin Thomas
— Benjamin
F. Hall
— Benjamin
F. Angel
— Benjamin
Franklin Ross
— Benjamin
F. Flanders
— Benjamin
F. Bomar
— Benjamin
F. Mudge
— Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Loan
— Benjamin
F. Simpson
— Benjamin
Franklin Terry
— Benjamin
Franklin Junkin
— Benjamin
F. Partridge
— B.
F. Langworthy
— Benjamin
F. Harding
— B.
F. Whittemore
— Benjamin
Franklin Bradley
— Benjamin
Franklin Claypool
— Benjamin
Franklin Howey
— Benjamin
F. Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Rice
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
F. Hopkins
— Benjamin
F. Tracy
— Benjamin
F. Grady
— Benjamin
F. Farnham
— Benjamin
Franklin Meyers
— Benjamin
Franklin White
— Benjamin
Franklin Prescott
— Benjamin
F. Jonas
— B.
Franklin Fisher
— Benjamin
Franklin Potts
— Benjamin
F. Funk
— Benjamin Joseph Franklin
— Benjamin
F. Marsh
— Benjamin
F. Heckert
— Benjamin
F. Howell
— Ben
Franklin Caldwell
— Benjamin
Franklin Tilley
— B.
F. McMillan
— Benjamin
F. Shively
— B.
Frank Murphy
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones, Jr.
— Benjamin
F. Welty
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones
— Benjamin
Franklin Boley
— Ben
Franklin Looney
— Benjamin
F. Bledsoe
— Benjamin
Franklin Williams
— Benjamin
Franklin Kelley
— Benjamin
Franklin Butler
— Benjamin
F. James
— Frank
B. Heintzleman
— Benjamin
F. Feinberg
— Ben
F. Cameron
— Ben
F. Blackmon
— B.
Frank Whelchel
— B. F.
Merritt, Jr.
— Ben
F. Hornsby
— Ben
Dillingham II
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Benjamin Franklin: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An
Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place
(1744) |
| | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.
Brands, The
First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin
Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A
Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of
America — Gordon S. Wood, The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter
Isaacson, Benjamin
Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin
Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing
God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention
of America |
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Franklin, Benjamin —
of Winona
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Benjamin Cromwell
(1805-1873) —
of Texas.
Born in 1805.
State court judge in Texas, 1836; member of Texas
state senate, 1845.
Died in 1873
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Benjamin E. —
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1968-69.
Still living as of 1969.
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Franklin, Benjamin Joseph
(1839-1898) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Franklin, Bryna —
of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats
Abroad, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Franklin, Charles E. —
of Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Mansfield, 1918, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Clarence —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Socialist Workers candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
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Franklin, Mrs. Clay —
of Shoals, Martin
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Craig —
of New Hampshire.
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Franklin, Daniel (d.
1942) —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Republican. Mayor of
Oneonta, N.Y., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Died in 1942.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, David L. —
of California.
Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1992.
Still living as of 1992.
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Franklin, Derek —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Republican. Chair of
Atchison County Republican Party, 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Franklin, Desiree —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Member, Platform Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Franklin, Douglas W. —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates 15th District, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Franklin, E. K. —
of Mesquite, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| | Franklin,
Earl See T. Earl
Franklin |
| | Franklin,
Ed See J. Ed Franklin |
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Franklin, Frank A. —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Franklin, George —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Franklin, George T. —
of New York.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1946.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Glen D. —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1949-52.
Still living as of 1952.
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Franklin, Golda —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Franklin, Gordon —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Franklin, H. M. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Harold —
of Michigan.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1934.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Harris —
of Pleasant Hill, Pike
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Franklin, Harry L. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1926-29; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Howard C. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 22nd District, 1922-25;
defeated, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, J. Ed —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, James —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Franklin, James A. —
of Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Member of Florida
state senate 24th District, 1947.
Still living as of 1947.
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Franklin, James B. —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Franklin, Jesse
(1760-1823) —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, Va., March 24,
1760.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of
North Carolina, 1820-21.
Died August
31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160
days).
Interment at Guilford
Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
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Franklin, John C., Jr. —
Republican. Candidate for Florida
state house of representatives 6th District, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Franklin, John Rankin
(1820-1878) —
also known as John R. Franklin —
of Maryland.
Born near Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., May 6,
1820.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1843, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1853-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1864;
state court judge in Maryland, 1867-78.
Presbyterian.
Died in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., January
11, 1878 (age 57 years, 250
days).
Interment at Makemie
Memorial Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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Franklin, Joseph —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1854;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Gloucester County, 1855-57.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Joseph A. —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Julius —
of Tilden, McMullen
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Kathy —
of Wisconsin.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,
2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Franklin, Lynn Winterdale
(1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Franklin
Winterbothm —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm.
Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1925, 1926-27; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1929; Amoy, 1932; Stockholm, 1938; Niagara Falls, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curacao, 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm; step-son of
George L. Franklin; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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Franklin, Meshack
(1772-1839) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., 1772.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1800-01; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1807-15 (12th District
1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 12th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15);
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1828-29, 1838.
Died in Surry
County, N.C., December
18, 1839 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Edwards-Franklin
House Grounds, Near Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C.
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Franklin, Morris —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1842-43.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Patrice —
of Texas.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Franklin, Phillips P. —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 33rd District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Franklin, R. A. —
of Jackson, Butts
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, R. L. —
of Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Rachialle J. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Franklin, Richard Eugene —
also known as Ben Franklin —
of Beaver, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates 27th District, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Franklin, Robert V., Jr. —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Franklin, Rosa —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Franklin, S. J. —
of Nebraska.
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Sheila —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Franklin, Shirley Clarke (b.
1945) —
also known as Shirley Franklin —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born May 10,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 2002-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2004,
2008.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Franklin, T. Earl —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1944,
1952.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, T. L. —
of Gardnerville, Douglas
County, Nev.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, T. S. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1907-09.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Thomas E. (d.
1882) —
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1851-52, 1855-58.
Died May 16,
1882.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Vine R. —
of Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brooklyn; elected 1918.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, W. P. —
of Big Timber, Sweet Grass
County, Mont.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, Wade H. —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Franklin, Wallace W. —
of Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Franklin, Walter —
of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1809-11.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Franklin,
Webb See William Webster
Franklin |
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Franklin, William —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Franklin, William Buel
(1823-1903) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., February
27, 1823.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1876;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1876.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 8,
1903 (age 80 years, 9
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Franklin, William F. —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, William M. —
of Spencer, Owen
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin, William Webster (b.
1941) —
also known as Webb Franklin —
of Mississippi.
Born in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., December
13, 1941.
Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1978-82; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1983-87.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1998.
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Franklin, Wirt
(1883-1962) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 22,
1883.
Son of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died September
24, 1962 (age 79 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin; married, August 5,
1902, to Mary Cecile Collyer (divorced 1922); married, June 29,
1923, to Virginia Doss. |
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Franklin, Mrs. Wirt —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1944.
Female.
Still living as of 1944.
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