Franklin Corwin
(January 12, 1818 — June 15, 1879) Franklin Corwin was an American politician and lawyer. Corwin was born in Lebanon, Ohio in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839 in Wilmington, Ohio. Corwin served in the Ohio State House of Representatives (1846, 1847) and in the State Senate (1847-1849). In 1857, he moved to Illinois and there served in the Illinois House of Representatives as Speaker. Corwin was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After his service in Congress, he resumed practicing law in Illinois and did that until his death in 1879.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000789]
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Illinois Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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