Martin Dewey Follett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin Dewey Follett

Ohio Jurist

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1826

Place of Birth: Enosburgh, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 22-Aug-1911

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Martin Dewey Follett

  • Martin Dewey Follett (October 8, 1826 – August 22, 1911) was a Democratic politician in the U.S.
  • State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1883–1887. Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont.
  • In 1836 his family settled in Licking County, Ohio, where he grew up.
  • He taught school, then entered and graduated from Marietta College in 1853 with a BA.
  • In 1856 he earned an MA.
  • He taught high school for a year in Newark, and two years at Marietta, where he was elected superintendent of schools in 1856, and served two years.In 1856, Follett was married to Harriet L.
  • Shipman, of Marietta, who had four children, and in 1875 he married Abbie M.
  • Bailey, of Lowell, Massachusetts, who had one child.
  • Follett was admitted to the bar in 1858.
  • In 1864, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated George B.
  • McClellan.In 1866, Follett was nominated for the Congress by the Democratic party, but lost the fifteenth district to Tobias A.
  • Plants.
  • In 1868 he lost the same district to Eliakim H.
  • Moore.Follett won election for Ohio Supreme Court judge over Republican William H.
  • Upson in 1883, and was seated in December of that year.
  • He ran for re-election in October 1886, but lost to Marshall Jay Williams.
  • He served until his term expired in February, 1887.Follett was a life member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, and for ten years beginning in 1895 was a trustee of the society.
  • Follett died in 1911 at home in Marietta.
  • He was buried at Mound Cemetery.

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