Franklin Menges (October 26, 1858 – May 12, 1956) was a

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member of the

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from

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. Franklin Menges was born at Menges Mills,

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. He attended Baugher Academy Preparatory School in

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, and graduated from

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in 1886. He became an instructor in chemistry and

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at Gettysburg College from 1886 to 1896, and then head of the science department of York High School from 1897 to 1903. He was a lecturer at farmers' institutes in

and other states from 1898 to 1918, and represented the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at the

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in 1904. He made a soil survey of the State of Pennsylvania, and was the author of numerous articles on scientific agriculture. In 1914, his book, ''Soils of Pennsylvania'' was published.Google Books
/ref> Menges was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm near

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, until his retirement in 1947. He moved to

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, where he died; interred at Evergreen Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menges, Franklin 1858 births 1956 deaths Politicians from York County, Pennsylvania People from Arlington County, Virginia Gettysburg College alumni Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) Virginia Republicans Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Educators from Pennsylvania