Martin Dewey Follett
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Martin Dewey Follett
OR:
Martin Dewey Follett on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Martin Dewey Follett (October 8, 1826 – August 22, 1911) was a Democratic politician in the
U.S. State In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
who was an
Ohio Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, ...
Judge 1883–1887. Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg,
Franklin County, Vermont Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,946. Its county seat is the city of St. Albans. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. The county was created in 1792 and o ...
. In 1836 his family settled in
Licking County, Ohio Licking County is a County (United States), county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 178,519. Its county seat is Newark, Ohio, Newark. The county was form ...
, where he grew up. He taught school, then entered and graduated from
Marietta College Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Its campus encompasses approximately six city blocks next to downtown Marietta and enrolls 1,200 students. History Marietta College began as the Muskin ...
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. Ohio Archaeological and Historical volume 21 : 331–332 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 Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...
, 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 George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 186 ...
. In 1866, Follett was nominated for the
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
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. Smith 1898 : 526 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.The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System – Martin Dewey Follett
/ref>


See also

*
List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five. In ...


Notes


References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Follett, Martin Dewey Ohio lawyers Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio Democrats People from Enosburgh, Vermont 1826 births 1911 deaths Marietta College alumni Burials at Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio) People from Licking County, Ohio People from Marietta, Ohio 19th-century Ohio state court judges 19th-century American lawyers