Dr. Franklin Tuthill (April 3, 1822 – August 27, 1865) was an American physician, newspaper editor, and politician.
In 1850, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Whig, representing the Suffolk County 1st District.
He finished writing the preface and reading the proof sheets less than a week before he died.
[1] He was a Presbyterian and was a lay representative of the Long Island Presbytery in two General Assemblies.
[3] Tuthill died in Brooklyn on August 27, 1865, a few weeks after returning to America from a European trip he took for health reasons.