Franklin, John H
lawyer, journalist, was born July 5, 1853, in Macomb, Ill. At the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the bar; and in 1876-77 was city attorney of his native city. In 1879 he moved to Junction City, Kas., and the following year was elected state's attorney for Geary county. In 1882 he was the republican nominee for state senator from that district; and the same year established The Junction City Republican, now one of the leading papers of Kansas.
In 1885 he became connected with The Record, and subsequently with The Journal, of Russell, Kas. He served for five years as a regent of the State Normal school; was city attorney of Russell in 1884, and the following year was mayor of the city. In 1889 he was appointed deputy auditor in the war department in Washington, D. C., and is now auditor.
Since 1893 he has made Toluca his place of residence.