Frank Welch (February 10, 1835 – September 4, 1878) was a Nebraska Republican politician.
Frank Welch | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – September 4, 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Crounse |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jefferson Majors |
| 1st President of the Nebraska Senate | |
| In office July 4, 1866 – July 11, 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Eliphus H. Rogers (Territorial) |
| Succeeded by | Eliphus H. Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1835 Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 4, 1878 (aged 43) Neligh, Nebraska |
| Resting place | Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. He graduated from Boston High School and took up civil engineering. He moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1857 to Decatur, Nebraska serving as postmaster.
He served in the Nebraska Territorial council in 1864 and was presiding officer of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1865, also serving in the house in 1866. He was a register of the land office at West Point, Nebraska from 1871 to 1876. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress serving from March 4, 1877 until his death in Neligh, Nebraska on September 4, 1878. He is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
See also
References
- "Welch, Frank". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 14, 2006.
- "Welch, Frank". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2006.
External links
- Frank Welch papers[usurped] at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.
 | This article about a Nebraskan politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
