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PALMER, Frank Wayland, editor, born in Manchester, Indiana, 11 October, 1827. After receiving a common-school education, he was apprenticed to a printer in Jamestown, New York, and in 1848 became joint proprietor and editor of the "Journal" in that town. In 1852-'4 he served in the New York legislature, but in 1858 he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he became editor and one of the proprietors of the "Daily Times." From 1861 till 1868 he was state printer of Iowa and editor and proprietor of the "Iowa State Register." He was then elected to congress as a Republican, serving from 4 March, 1869, till 3 March. 1873. Mr. Palmer afterward removed to Chicago, where he edited the "Inter-Ocean" in 1873-'6. He was a member of the postal commission, created in 1876, and in 1877-'85 was postmaster of Chicago.
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