Frank Welch (American politician)

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

Frank Welch
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's at-large district
In office March 4, 1877 – September 4, 1878
Preceded by	Lorenzo Crounse
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson Majors
1st President of the Nebraska Senate
In office July 4, 1866 – July 11, 1866
Preceded by	Eliphus H. Rogers (Territorial)
Succeeded by	Eliphus H. Rogers
Personal details
Born	(1835-02-10)February 10, 1835 Charlestown, Massachusetts
Died	September 4, 1878(1878-09-04) (aged 43) Neligh, Nebraska
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican

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.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. "Welch, Frank". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 14, 2006.
2. "Welch, Frank". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2006.

External links

• Frank Welch papers^[usurped] at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.