Freeman E. Franklin (1823/1824[1] - September 28, 1870) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870.
Franklin was from New York. He served in the Union Army in the 34th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War rising to the rank of colonel.[2] He fought in battles such as the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862, the Wytheville Raid (where he assumed command of a two-regiment force), and the Third Battle of Winchester. In 1863, he commanded a brigade in Scammon's Division of the Department of West Virginia.[3]
After the Civil War, Franklin moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi.[4][5][6] He was then elected to represent Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1870 session.[7] In that session, he was elected to be the House's Speaker.[7] While still in office, he died on September 28, 1870, near Jackson, Mississippi.[8] In December 1870, Republicans held a nominating committee meeting in Yazoo City to designate a replacement for him after his death before his term expired.[9][10] He was succeeded as Speaker by H. W. Warren.[11]
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- ^ Commission, Ohio Roster (1893). Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. Werner Company. p. 157.
- ^ Warren, Henry Waterman (August 29, 1914). Reminiscences of a Mississippi Carpet-bagger. Books on Demand. ISBN 9780598648211 – via Google Books.
- ^ Scott, Robert N. (1890). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ... Government Printing Office. p. 139.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (August 29, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
- ^ Legislature, Mississippi (August 29, 1870). "Manual of the Legislature, Session of 1870". Fisher & Kimball – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Congressional globe: containing the debates and proceedings of the ... session of the ... Congress ; also of the special session of the Senate". August 29, 1869 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ "Hon F. E. Franklin died 28th". The Weekly Democrat. 5 October 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Dec 24, 1870 – Against All Odds".
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (August 29, 1871). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ Woodson, Carter Godwin; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (August 29, 1920). "The Journal of Negro History". Association for the Study of Negro Life and History – via Google Books.
