John Rankin Franklin

John Rankin Franklin ( born May 6, 1820 Berlin, Maryland, † January 11, 1878 in Snow Hill, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Franklin enjoyed a classical education and graduated in 1836, the Jefferson College. After a subsequent law degree in 1841 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in Snow Hill to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. Between 1840 and 1843 he sat in the House of Maryland, where he was temporarily President of the Chamber. In 1851 he headed the Committee for Public Contracts (State board of public works).

In the congressional elections of 1852 Franklin was the first electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richard Bowie on March 4, 1853. Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a term in Congress. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. In 1859, Franklin was once a deputy in the State Parliament. Since 1867, he acted as a judge for the first judicial district of Maryland. John Franklin died on January 11, 1878 in Snow Hill.