Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Franklin D. Locke
Lawyer
Centurion, 1905–1927
Proposed by
Francis Vinton Greene and Francis Lynde Stetson
Francis Vinton Greene and Francis Lynde Stetson
born
October 8, 1843
Gowanda, New York
Gowanda, New York
died
May 24, 1927
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
elected
May 6, 1905
Age sixty-one
Age sixty-one
buried
Pine Hill Cemetery,
Gowanda, New York
Gowanda, New York
Century Memorial
Franklin D. Locke had for more than half a century been a conspicuous figure at the bar in Buffalo, where he was one of Cleveland’s close friends and political associates before the startling turns of American politics carried the older man in three years from the mayoralty of the city to the governorship of the state and thence to the Presidency of the United States. Mr. Locke was never closely identified with politics, but he was actively identified with the business interests of his city and a trustee of Hamilton College, which gave him the doctor of laws degree.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook
