Walter Folger, Jr.

Walter Folger Jr. ( born June 12, 1765 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, † September 8, 1849 ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Walter Folger attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party launched a political career. In the years 1809-1815 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1816 Folger was in the ninth election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Reed on March 4, 1817. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1821 two legislative sessions. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives follower again practiced as a lawyer. In 1822 he was again in the state Senate. He died on 8 September 1849 in his home town of Nantucket.