Walter S. Franklin (politician)

Walter Simonds Franklin (November 6, 1799 – September 20, 1838) was a lawyer who practiced in Pennsylvania.

He served as the seventh Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, from 1833 until his death in 1838.

Walter attended Litchfield Law School in Connecticut, where he met and, in 1821, married Sarah Buel.

He attended Harvard, served in the Union Army as a brevet lieutenant colonel, and post-bellum was a civil engineer and businessman.

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