Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont.

He taught school, then entered and graduated from Marietta College in 1853 with a BA.

[1] In 1866, Follett was nominated for the Congress by the Democratic party, but lost the fifteenth district to Tobias A.

[3] Follett won election for Ohio Supreme Court judge over Republican William H. Upson in 1883, and was seated in December of that year.

[4] He ran for re-election in October 1886, but lost to Marshall Jay Williams.