Frank Welch was a Nebraska

Nebraska

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 Republican politician.

He was born at Bunker Hill

Charlestown, Massachusetts

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, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Charlestown, Massachusetts

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 on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. He graduated from Boston High School

Boston High School

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 and took up civil engineering

Civil engineering

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. He moved to the Nebraska Territory

Nebraska Territory

The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854...

 in 1857 to Decatur, Nebraska

Decatur, Nebraska

Decatur is a village in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 618 at the 2000 census. This town is named after one of its incorporators, Stephen Decatur, who claimed to be the nephew of war hero Stephen Decatur, Jr....

 serving as postmaster.

He served in the Nebraska Territorial council in 1864 and was presiding officer of the Territorial house of representatives in 1865, also serving in the house in 1866. He was a register of the land office at West Point, Nebraska

West Point, Nebraska

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 from 1871 to 1876. He was elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Forty-fifth United States Congress serving from March 4, 1877 until his death in Neligh, Nebraska

Neligh, Nebraska

Neligh is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Antelope County. The city's name is pronounced .-History:...

 on September 4, 1878. He is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

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External links

• Frank Welch papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society
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