Walter Folger, Jr.

Walter Folger, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	John Reed, Jr.
Succeeded by	John Reed, Jr.
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1809-1815
Personal details
Born	June 12, 1765 Nantucket, Massachusetts
Died	September 8, 1849 (aged 84) Nantucket, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Relations	Phebe Folger Coleman (sister) Lydia Folger Fowler (niece)
Parents	Walter Folger, Sr. Elizabeth Starbuck Folger
Profession	Attorney

Walter Folger, Jr. (June 12, 1765 – September 8, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Nantucket, Folger was a member of a large family that included his sister, diarist Phebe Folger Coleman. Notably he was the great-great-great grandson of Peter Foulger and Mary Morrill Folger and first cousin three times removed of Benjamin Franklin. Through his mother he is also a member or the Starbuck whaling family of Nantucket.

He attended public schools before studying law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced before serving as member of the Massachusetts State Senate. Folger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). He resumed the practice of law, and died in Nantucket on September 8, 1849. He was interred in Friends Burying Ground.

References

• Walter Folger, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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