Franklin Bound

Franklin Bound (born April 9, 1829 in Milton , Northumberland County , Pennsylvania , †  August 8, 1910 there ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Franklin Bound attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree in Easton and his 1853 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Milton in this profession. He became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . Between 1860 and 1863 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate . In 1863 he was a soldier in the state militia during the Civil War . In May 1868 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where General Ulysses S. Grant was nominated as a candidate for president.

In the congressional election of 1884 , Bound was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Samuel Fleming Barr on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In 1888 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Franklin Bound practiced law again. He died on August 8, 1910 in Milton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Franklin Bound in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Franklin Bound in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Samuel Fleming Barr	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (14th constituency) March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	John Winebrenner Rife