Franklin Ellsworth

Franklin Ellsworth

Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (born July 10, 1879 in Saint James , Watonwan County , Minnesota , †  December 23, 1942 in Minneapolis , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1921 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Franklin Ellsworth attended the public schools in his home country and then served in an infantry unit during the Spanish-American War . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Minnesota and his admission as a lawyer in 1901, he began to work in Saint James in his new profession. Between 1904 and 1905 he was also the legal representative of this community; from 1905 to 1909, Ellsworth served as a district attorney in Watonwan County.

Politically, Ellsworth was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1914 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Minnesota Second Constituency . There he took over from Winfield Scott Hammond of the Democratic Party on March 4, 1915 . After two re-elections he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . During this time the First World War fell . At that time, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were also discussed and passed in Congress. It was about the introduction of the trade ban in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1920 Ellsworth declined to run for Congress again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Minnesota; he was defeated in the primary of his party to J. A. O. Preus, who later won the election . In 1924 he was again unsuccessful in the gubernatorial elections. He then worked as a lawyer in Minneapolis, where he moved in 1921. He died there on December 23, 1942.

Web links

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

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