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JOHN FRANKLIN, a United States Senator from Colorado, born at Fayette, Mo., in 1854. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1875 and in the following year was admitted to the bar. After practicing in Fayette, Mo., he removed to Denver. He was city attorney of that city from 1887 to 1891. In 1895 he was elected to Congress, and was re-elected until 1905. He was governor of Colorado from 1909 to 1911, and again from 1911 to 1913. In the latter year he became United States Senator, serving until 1919.