Walter Folger Jr.

American politician (1765–1849)

Walter Folger Jr.


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	John Reed Jr.
Succeeded by	John Reed Jr.
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1809-1815

Personal details
Born	(1765-06-12)June 12, 1765 Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	September 8, 1849(1849-09-08) (aged 84) Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Relations	Phebe Folger Coleman (sister) Lydia Folger Fowler (niece)
Parent(s)	Walter Folger Sr. Elizabeth Starbuck Folger
Profession	Attorney

Walter Folger Jr. (June 12, 1765 – September 8, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Nantucket in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Folger was a member of a large family that included his sister, diarist Phebe Folger Coleman. Notably he was the great-great-great grandson of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and first cousin three times removed of Benjamin Franklin. Through his mother he is also a member or the Starbuck whaling family of Nantucket.

He attended public schools before studying law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced before serving as member of the Massachusetts State Senate. Folger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). He resumed the practice of law, and died in Nantucket on September 8, 1849. He was interred in Friends Burying Ground.

References

United States Congress. "Walter Folger Jr. (id: F000242)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Reed Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Succeeded by John Reed Jr.