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Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#436.13.43">Frances Cleveland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#024.00.71">Richard Folsom Cleveland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#000.85.93">Everis Anson Hayes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#648.35.38">Arthur H. Lord</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html#191.19.43">Folsom Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#708.81.47">Hiram Weston Ricker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#146.63.87">Hiram Weston Ricker Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#879.38.54">Charles Wentworth Ricker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalding.html#873.51.09">Burleigh Folsom Spalding</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="757.04.60">Folsom, Albert G.</a></b> — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NH.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="597.80.31">Folsom, Arthur</a></b> — of Illinois. Born in New Hampshire. U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Cape Hatien</a>, 1861-62; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Cape Hatien</a>, 1862-70. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="433.83.79">Folsom, Benjamin</a></b> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html">Mayor of Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1864-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="739.23.07">Folsom, Benjamin</a> (b. 1847)</b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Folsomdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-05.html">December 5, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Sheffield</a>, 1886-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-11.html">October 11, 1893</a>, to Ella Blanchard Howard.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="219.31.83">Folsom, Blanche Miriam Emory</a></b> — also known as <b>Blanche Miriam Emory</b> — of Norridgewock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to <a href="#505.78.41">LeRoy Rowell Folsom</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="675.82.57">Folsom, Channing</a></b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sppi.html">New Hampshire superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="387.45.84">Folsom, Charles E.</a> (c.1845-1896)</b> — of Epping, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born about 1845. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 23rd District, 1895-96; died in office 1896. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-15.html">February 15, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="507.53.56">Folsom, Charles W.</a> (1839-1892)</b> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1883-84. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/03-05.html">March 5, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="585.29.90">Folsom, David E.</a></b> — of White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MG-lived.html">Meagher County</a>, Mont. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a> 9th District, 1893-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MT.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="069.19.75">Folsom, David S.</a></b> — of Montana. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="127.44.35">Folsom, Edward G.</a></b> — of Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mountclemens.html#3">Mt. Clemens, Mich.</a>, 1901-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="036.91.51">Folsom, Edward Richard</a> (1874-1923)</b> — also known as <b>Edward R. Folsom</b> — of Irvington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in North Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-18.html">September 18, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a>, in 1894, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forging checks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">bank robbery</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/arson.html">arson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to two charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to ten years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> and released in September 1897; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/irvington.html">mayor of Irvington, N.J.</a>, 1923; died in office 1923. Blackmailers threatening to expose his criminal past extorted money from him until he was nearly penniless; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">overdose of sedative</a>, in Irvington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-26.html">September 26, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-buried.html#cms02828">Clinton Cemetery</a>, Irvington, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frederick Lewis Folsom and Martha (Layton) Folsom; married to Sara Elizabeth Keeler.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125878305">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="238.49.69">Folsom, Ellis</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-lived.html">Carson City</a>, Nev. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/sthse.html">Nevada state house of representatives</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Folsom, Frances Clara</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#436.13.43">Frances Cleveland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="546.99.07">Folsom, Fred C.</a></b> — of Cullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-lived.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/AL.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="152.46.74">Folsom, Fred P.</a></b> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="888.55.20">Folsom, G. P.</a></b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NH.html">1856</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="949.66.94">Folsom, George</a> (1802-1869)</b> — of New York. Born in Kennebunk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/05-23.html">May 23, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1845-47; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1850-53. Died in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/03-27.html">March 27, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms05836">St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Folsom and Edna (Ela) Folsom; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/11-20.html">November 20, 1839</a>, to Margaret Cornelia Winthrop (second great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#563.19.80">John Winthrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#752.77.27">Hamilton Fish</a>); grandfather of Winifred Folsom (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#953.77.40">Edward Henry Delafield</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0804.html">Winthrop-Folsom family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/folsom-george ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91368421">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="152.03.07">Folsom, Harley E.</a></b> — of Lyndonville, Lyndon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-lived.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/VT.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="501.50.56">Folsom, Henry, Jr.</a></b> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DE.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/931/67.86.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="James E. Folsom"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="931.67.86">Folsom, James Elisha</a> (1908-1987)</b> — also known as <b>James E. Folsom</b>; <b>"Big Jim"</b>; <b>"Kissin' Jim"</b> — of Alabama. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CF-born.html">Coffee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-09.html">October 9, 1908</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AL.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1947-51, 1955-59. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-21.html">November 21, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-buried.html#cms04372">Cullman Cemetery</a>, Cullman, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#004.79.08">James Elisha Folsom Jr.</a>; uncle of Cornelia Ellis Snively (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#549.03.46">George Corley Wallace Jr.</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11541.html">Wallace-Folsom family</a> of Montgomery, Alabama.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Jim Folsom <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (built 1958), on U.S. 84, crossing the Tombigbee River near Coffeeville, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CL-names.html">Clarke County</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CC-names.html">Choctaw County</a>, Alabama, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-elisha-folsom-sr/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Cullman Democrat, September 19, 1946</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="004.79.08">Folsom, James Elisha, Jr.</a> (b. 1948)</b> — also known as <b>James E. Folsom, Jr.</b>; <b>Jim Folsom</b> — of Cullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-lived.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala. Born in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/05-14.html">May 14, 1948</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Alabama</a>, 1987-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1993-95; defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AL.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#931.67.86">James Elisha Folsom</a>; first cousin of Cornelia Ellis Snively (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#549.03.46">George Corley Wallace Jr.</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11541.html">Wallace-Folsom family</a> of Montgomery, Alabama.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-elisha-folsom-jr/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Folsom, Jim</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#004.79.08">James Elisha Folsom Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="505.78.41">Folsom, LeRoy Rowell</a> (1870-1951)</b> — also known as <b>LeRoy R. Folsom</b>; <b>Roy Folsom</b> — of Norridgewock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine. Born in Corinna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/06-18.html">June 18, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Norridgewock <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1907; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 8th District, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gvcn.html">Maine Governor's Council</a>, 1923-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-07.html">July 7, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-buried.html#cms03883">River View Cemetery</a>, Norridgewock, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edwin Folsom and Martha A. (Lancaster) Folsom; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-02.html">February 2, 1896</a>, to Alice Katherine Merrill; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to <a href="#219.31.83">Blanche Miriam Emory</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="415.26.31">Folsom, Marion Bayard</a> (1893-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Marion B. Folsom</b> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TE-born.html">Telfair County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-23.html">November 23, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare</a>, 1955-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>. Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/09-27.html">September 27, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion Bayard Folsom">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/466/000167962">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9153">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="795.31.20">Folsom, Marsha</a></b> — of Cullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CU-lived.html">Cullman County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 4th District, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AL.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="441.98.63">Folsom, Melville M.</a></b> — of Old Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/oldtown.html#2">Old Town, Maine</a>, 1885-90, 1894-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/oldtown.html">mayor of Old Town, Maine</a>, 1892. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="620.07.14">Folsom, Nathaniel</a> (1726-1790)</b> — of Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born in Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1726/09-18.html">September 18, 1726</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire</a>, 1774, 1777-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gvcn.html">New Hampshire Governor's Council</a>, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia, Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1783. Died in Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-died.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/05-26.html">May 26, 1790</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-buried.html#cms01687">Winter Street Cemetery</a>, Exeter, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Third cousin and father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilman.html#659.66.45">John Taylor Gilman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilman.html#093.72.26">Nicholas Gilman</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10552.html">Gilman family</a> of Exeter, New Hampshire.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000244">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404198">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="949.56.32">Folsom, Robert</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">Mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1976-81. Still living as of 1981. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=290806">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="024.92.01">Folsom, Robert S.</a></b> — of West Somerville, Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Port-au-Prince</a>, as of 1941-43. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Folsom, Roy</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#505.78.41">LeRoy Rowell Folsom</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="448.10.30">Folsom, Sallie</a></b> — of Grand Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/HA-lived.html">Hall County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/NE.html">1992</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="583.49.94">Folsom, Simeon</a> (d. 1816)</b> — of Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 2nd District, 1812-13. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/08-24.html">August 24, 1816</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="812.41.76">Folsom, William Henry Carman</a></b> — also known as <b>William H. C. Folsom</b> — of Minnesota. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1857-58, 1867-68, 1875-77 (25th District 1857-58, 2nd District 1867-68, 28th District 1875-77); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 2, 1869. 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