FOLGER, Alonzo Dillard, (brother of John Hamlin Folger), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., July 9, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1912 and from its law department in 1914; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Dobson, N.C.; moved to Mount Airy, N.C., and continued the practice of law; also interested in banking; trustee of the University of North Carolina 1932-1938; served as judge of the State superior court in 1937, resigning after two months’ service to become a Democratic national committeeman; member of the Democratic National Committee 1936-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in an automobile accident in Mount Airy, N.C., April 30, 1941; interment in Dobson Cemetery, Dobson, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

FOLGER, John Hamlin, (brother of Alonzo D. Folger), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1880; attended the public schools, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C., and studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Dobson, Surry County, N.C.; mayor of Mount Airy, N.C., 1908-1912; member of the State house of representatives in 1927 and 1928; served in the State senate in 1931 and 1932; delegate to the Democratic State conventions 1924-1940; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932 and 1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Alonzo D. Folger; reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 14, 1941, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1959; was a resident of Mount Airy, N.C.; died in Clemmons, N.C., July 19, 1963; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

FRANKLIN, Meshack, (brother of Jesse Franklin), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, N.C., in 1772; member of the State house of commons in 1800 and 1801; served in the State senate in 1828, 1829, and 1838; elected as a Republican to the Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1815); died in Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1839.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)