Frank Welch (American politician)

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

Preceded byLorenzo Crounse

Succeeded byThomas Jefferson Majors

Preceded byEliphus H. Rogers (Territorial)

Succeeded byEliphus H. Rogers

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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
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Born	(1835-02-10)February 10, 1835 Charlestown, Boston, U.S.
Died	September 4, 1878(1878-09-04) (aged 43) Neligh, Nebraska, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Party	Republican

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He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1835, and moved to Boston 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.