Francis W. Palmer

Francis Wayland Palmer ( born October 11, 1827 in Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana; † December 3, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1873 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his youth, Francis Palmer moved with his parents to Jamestown in New York. There he graduated in 1841 a printing apprenticeship in the newspaper " Jamestown Journal". Between 1848 and 1858 he was the owner of this newspaper. In the years 1853 and 1854 was Palmer MP in the House of Representatives from New York. 1858 Palmer sold his newspaper and moved to Dubuque in Iowa. There he became editor and co-owner of the newspaper " Dubuque Times ". Between 1861 and 1869 he was head of state printing of Iowa (State Printer of Iowa). Since 1861 he lived in Des Moines, where he earned another newspaper in addition to its function as State Printer and published.

Politically, Palmer member of the Republican Party. In 1868 he was in the fifth electoral district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Grenville M. Dodge on March 4, 1869. After a re-election in 1870 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1873 two legislative sessions. At this time there the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted. In 1872, Palmer decided not to another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Palmer moved to Chicago where he continued his journalistic work. He bought shares in the newspaper " Inter- Ocean" and was its editor. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati, was nominated at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Candidate. Between 1877 and 1885, Francis Palmer led the postal authority in Chicago. He later received the Office of the Public Printer of the United States, which he held 1889-1894 and again from 1897 to 1905.

Francis Palmer died on December 3, 1907 in Chicago and was also buried there.

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