Lester C. Franklin | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 34th district | |
| In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 28, 1886 Eupora, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | February 18, 1953 (aged 66) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Lester Cicero Franklin (July 28, 1886 - February 18, 1953) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate, from the 34th district, from 1916 to 1920.
Lester Cicero Franklin was born on July 28, 1886, in Eupora, Mississippi. [1] He was the son of Cicero Howard Franklin and Mary (Riddle) Franklin. [1] [2] Franklin attended the public schools of Choctaw County, Mississippi, and graduated from Bennett Academy with literary and oratory honors. [1] Franklin then graduated from Mississippi College in 1910. [1] He then went to Cumberland University and graduated with a L. L. B. in 1911. [1] The next year, he took a law course at Millsaps College under A. H. Whitfield, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. [1] He then moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he began practicing law. [1]
In November 1915, Franklin was elected to represent the 34th District as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916-1920 term. [1] In 1920, Franklin was appointed to the office of President of the Mississippi Yazoo Delta Levee Board, which dealt with flood control. [3] Franklin ran for the office of Governor of Mississippi for the first time in 1923, and was unsuccessful. [3] He became the Chairman of the Mississippi State Tax Commission in 1927. [3] Franklin ran again for the Mississippi governorship in 1935, 1939, and 1943, but lost each time. [4]
Franklin was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a Freemason, Woodman of the World, Knight of Pythias, and member of the Order of Owls. [1] He married Eulalie Frances Rogers in 1911, and they had two sons, named Lester Cicero Jr. and Benjamin Rogers. [1] Franklin died on the morning of February 18, 1953, at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. [2]
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