Francis W. Palmer

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name=Francis Wayland Palmer


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state=Iowa
district=5th
party=Republican
term=March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
preceded=Grenville M. Dodge
succeeded=James Wilson
date of birth=October 11, 1827
place of birth=North Manchester, Indiana, USA
date of death=December 3, 1907
place of death=Chicago, Illinois, USA
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profession=Politician, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Proprietor
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Francis Wayland Palmer (October 11, 1827 – December 3, 1907) was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, printer, editor and proprietor from New York, Iowa and Illinois.

Born in North Manchester, Indiana, Palmer moved to Jamestown, New York with his parents as a child and learned the printing trade at the "Jamestown Journal" in 1841. He later became the owner of the newspaper in 1848 and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1853 and 1854. He sold the "Jamestown Journal" in 1858 and moved to Dubuque, Iowa the same year where he became editor and one of the proprietors of the "Dubuque Times". Palmer served as Iowa state printer from 1861 to 1869, moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1861 and was publisher and owner of the "Iowa State Register". He was elected a Republican to the United State House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873, not being a candidate for renomination in 1872. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1873 and purchased an interest in the "Inter-Ocean", becoming its editor-in-chief. Palmer was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, was appointed postmaster of Chicago by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, serving until 1885 and served as Public Printer of the United States from 1889 to 1894 and again from 1897 to 1905. Palmer died in Chicago, Illinois on December 3, 1907 and was interned in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

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