Franklin Brockson

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Franklin Brockson (1913)

Franklin Brockson (born August 6, 1865 in Blackbird , New Castle County , Delaware , † March 16, 1942 in Clayton , Delaware) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Franklin Brockson attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1890 the Wilmington Conference Academy in Dover . He then worked in commerce and worked intermittently as a teacher in Port Penn and Marshallton . After studying law at Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ) and being admitted to the bar in 1896, he began working in his new profession in Wilmington.

Brockson was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1908 and 1910 he was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives . In 1912 he was elected to the US House of Representatives. He profited from a split in the opposition Republican Party . On March 4, 1913, he took over the mandate previously exercised by William H. Heald in Congress . But since he was not confirmed in 1914, he could only complete one legislative period there until March 3, 1915. After his tenure in Congress, Brockson returned to working as a lawyer in Wilmington. He died in Clayton in 1942 and was buried in Smyrna .

Web links

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