Preceded by Samuel F. Barr Role U.S. representative Succeeded by John W. Rife Party Republican Party | Political party Republican Resigned March 3, 1889 Name Franklin Bound | |
Born April 9, 1829
Milton, Pennsylvania ( 1829-04-09 ) Died August 8, 1910, Milton, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Franklin Bound (April 9, 1829 – August 8, 1910) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Franklin Bound was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and old Milton Academy. He studied law at Easton, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Milton. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1860 to 1863. He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention. He served as a private in the Militia of 1863, 28th Regiment, Company and was mustered into the United States service and discharged with his regiment.
Bound was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. He resumed the practice of law and died in Milton in 1910. Interment in Milton Cemetery.