Frank Welch (American politician) explained

Frank Welch
Term Start:March 4, 1877
Term End:September 4, 1878
Term Start1:July 4, 1866
Term End1:July 11, 1866
Predecessor1:Eliphus H. Rogers (Territorial)
Successor1:Eliphus H. Rogers
Birth Date:10 February 1835
Death Place:Neligh, Nebraska
Resting Place:Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Frank Welch (February 10, 1835 – September 4, 1878) was a Nebraska Republican politician.

He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. He graduated from Boston High School and took up civil engineering. He moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1857 to Decatur, Nebraska serving as postmaster.

He served in the Nebraska Territorial council in 1864 and was presiding officer of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1865, also serving in the house in 1866. He was a register of the land office at West Point, Nebraska from 1871 to 1876. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth United States Congress serving from March 4, 1877 until his death in Neligh, Nebraska on September 4, 1878. He is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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  1. Web site: . Welch, Frank . February 14, 2006 .
  2. Web site: . Welch, Frank . February 14, 2006 .

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