Franklin F. Korell

Infobox Congressman
name= Franklin F. Korell


state= Oregon
district= 3rd
party= Republican
term= October 18 1927 – March 3 1931
preceded= Maurice E. Crumpacker
succeeded= Charles H. Martin
date of birth= July 23 1889
place of birth= Portland, Oregon
date of death= June 7 1965
place of death=Alexandria, Virginia
spouse=
current occupation=

Franklin Frederick Korell (July 23, 1889 - June 7, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Oregon.

Born in Portland, Oregon, Korell attended the public schools and Bishop Scott Academy in Portland. He graduated from the law department of the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1910. He attended Yale Law School in 1911 and 1912.He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Portland, Oregon. During the First World War served as a first lieutenant and captain in the Twelfth Regiment Infantry, Eighth Division, later being transferred to the Eighty-second Regiment Infantry, Sixteenth Division, and served from August 1917 until March 1919.He resumed the practice of law in Portland.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1923-1925.

Korell was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maurice E. Crumpacker.He was reelected to the Seventy-first Congress and served from October 18, 1927, to March 3, 1931.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.He served as special assistant to the general counsel of the United States Treasury Department 1931-1943 and in the chief counsel's office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue 1943-1959.He lived in Alexandria, Virginia, until his death there on June 7, 1965.He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

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