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  Welch, Frank
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameFrank Welch
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Norfolk, Nebraska , United States
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Born February 10, 1835
DiedSeptember 04, 1878 (43 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Nov 13, 2015 07:53pm
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InfoWELCH, Frank, a Representative from Nebraska; born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Mass., February 10, 1835, moved with his parents to Boston in early childhood; was graduated from the Boston High School; adopted the profession of civil engineering; moved to the Territory of Nebraska in 1857 and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Decatur, Burt County; served as postmaster of Decatur; served in the Territorial council in 1864; member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1865 and 1866, serving as presiding officer in 1865; register of the land office at West Point, Nebr., 1871-1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Neligh, Nebr., September 4, 1878; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Mass.


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