Francis W. Palmer

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Francis Wayland Palmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th district
In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Grenville M. Dodge
Succeeded by	James Wilson
Born	October 11, 1827 North Manchester, Indiana, USA
Died	December 3, 1907 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Proprietor

Francis Wayland Palmer (October 11, 1827 – December 3, 1907) was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, printer, editor and proprietor from New York, Iowa and Illinois.

Born in North Manchester, Indiana, Palmer moved to Jamestown, New York with his parents as a child and learned the printing trade at the Jamestown Journal in 1841. He later became the owner of the newspaper in 1848 and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1853 and 1854. He sold the Jamestown Journal in 1858 and moved to Dubuque, Iowa the same year where he became editor and one of the proprietors of the Dubuque Times. Palmer served as Iowa state printer from 1861 to 1869, moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1861 and was publisher and owner of the Iowa State Register. He was elected a Republican to the United State House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873, not being a candidate for renomination in 1872. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1873 and purchased an interest in the Inter-Ocean, becoming its editor-in-chief. Palmer was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, was appointed postmaster of Chicago by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, serving until 1885 and served as Public Printer of the United States from 1889 to 1894 and again from 1897 to 1905. Palmer died in Chicago, Illinois on December 3, 1907 and was interned in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

[edit] External links

• Francis W. Palmer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Francis W. Palmer at Find A Grave

Preceded by Grenville M. Dodge

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th congressional district March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873

Succeeded by James Wilson