French, John R
journalist, public official, congressman, was born May 28, 1819, in Gilmanton, N. H. He removed to Ohio in 1854, and there edited newspapers called the Telegraph, the Press, and the Cleveland Leader. He was elected to the Ohio legislature in 1858 and 1859; and in 1861 was appointed a government clerk in Washington. In 1864 he was a tax commissioner for North Carolina. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1867; and was elected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress as a republican.