Frank Welch (American politician)

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 byLorenzo Crounse
Succeeded byThomas Jefferson Majors
1st President of the Nebraska Senate
In office
July 4, 1866 – July 11, 1866
Preceded byEliphus H. Rogers (Territorial)
Succeeded byEliphus H. Rogers
Personal details
Born(1835-02-10)February 10, 1835
Charlestown, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 4, 1878(1878-09-04) (aged 43)
Neligh, Nebraska
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican

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.

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References

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  1. "Welch, Frank". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 14, 2006.
  2. "Welch, Frank". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2006.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's at-large congressional district

March 4, 1877 – September 4, 1878
Succeeded by