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City of FRANKLIN

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FRANKLIN
on the map of St. Mary Parish

Population: 9,004

Mayor:

Sam Jones (D)
(318) 828-1530

Clerk:

Cynthia Hebert
(318) 828-6303
P. O. Box 567
FRANKLIN, LA 70538

St. Mary
Parish Info

Type of Government: Mayor and Board of Aldermen (5) Legislative Charter

January 12, 1849
Murphy James Foster is born near Franklin. This prominent St. Mary Parish plantation owner and lawyer of the reconstruction period will serve the people of Louisiana as: Louisiana State Senator (1880-1892) Thirty-first Governor (1892-1900) United States Senator (1900-1912).

Districts

Congress- ional	Supreme Court	Court of Appeals Circuit ~District	Public Service	BESE	Senate	House	Judicial
3	6	1 ~ 1	2	3	21	49, 50, 51	16

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Newspapers	Franklin Banner-Tribune 115 Wilson St. P. O. Box 3566 Franklin, LA 70538 318.828.3706 FAX: 318.828.2874 Established 1884. Ed. Vanessa Pritchett Pub. Allan Von Werder Also publishes the Daily Review and the St. Mary Journal in Morgan City.

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Updated: Sunday, June 20, 1999

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