Franklin Harper Elmore (October 15, 1799 - May 29, 1850) was a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Laurens District, he graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Waterboro. He was solicitor for the southern circuit from 1822 to 1836, a colonel on the staff of the Governor from 1824 to 1826, and was elected as a State Rights Democrat to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James H. Hammond. Elmore was reelected to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from December 10, 1836, to March 3, 1839. From 1839 to 1850 he was president of the Bank of the State of South Carolina 1839-1850; he declined appointment by President James Polk as Minister to Great Britain. Elmore was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John C. Calhoun and served from April 11, 1850, until his own death in Washington, D.C. in 1850; interment was in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Canada and some States of Australia but not the United States. ... Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... A list of South Carolina Governors. ... A Minister is a true diplomat (not merely consular) accredited by one sovereign state to another who ranks below an ambassador. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a prominent United States politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ...

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress