Franklin Corwin

Franklin Corwin ( born January 12, 1818 in Lebanon, Ohio, † June 15, 1879 in Peru, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Franklin Corwin was a cousin of Moses Bledso Corwin (1790-1872) and nephew of Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), who were both members of Congress; the latter was also a U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio and U.S. Treasury. Corwin enjoyed a private school education. After a subsequent law degree in 1839 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Wilmington to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the years 1846 and 1847 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio; 1847 to 1849 he was a member of the local state Senate. In 1857 he moved to Peru in the state of Illinois. He became a member of the Republican Party and Member of Parliament and President of the House of Representatives from Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1872 Corwin was in the seventh election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jesse Hale Moore on March 4, 1873. Since he has not been confirmed in 1874, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1875. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Corwin practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 15 June 1879 in Peru.