John Hamlin Folger

John Hamlin Folger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th district
In office June 14, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Alonzo D. Folger
Succeeded by	Richard T. Chatham
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 23rd district
In office 1931–1932
Preceded by	Robert T. Joyce
Succeeded by	S. Gilmer Sparger
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Surry County
In office 1927–1928
Preceded by	Harry H. Barker
Succeeded by	Holman Bernard
Mayor of Mount Airy, North Carolina[1]
In office May 3, 1909 – May 4, 1911
Preceded by	Jesse H. Prather
Succeeded by	W. G. Sydnor
Personal details
Born	(1880-12-18)December 18, 1880 Rockford, North Carolina
Died	July 19, 1963(1963-07-19) (aged 82) Clemmons, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Guilford College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation	lawyer
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John Hamlin Folger (December 18, 1880 – July 19, 1963) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1941 and 1949.

Born in Rockford, North Carolina, Folger attended public schools in Surry County. He graduated from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Admitted to the bar in 1901, Folger opened a law practice in Dobson, North Carolina. He was elected mayor of the town of Mount Airy, North Carolina from 1909, serving until 1911.^[1] He was sent to the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1927 to 1928 and to the North Carolina State Senate from 1931 to 1932.

Active in the North Carolina Democratic Party, Folger was a delegate to state Democratic conventions between 1924 and 1940 and to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932 and 1944. After the death of his brother, Rep. Alonzo D. Folger, John Folger was sent to Congress in a special election called to fill the vacancy. He was re-elected three more times, serving in the 77th, 78th, 79th, and 80th United States Congresses.

Folger did not stand for reelection in 1948 and returned to his law practice in Mount Airy, North Carolina, from which he retired in 1959. He died in Clemmons, North Carolina in 1963 and is buried in Mount Airy's Oakdale Cemetery.

• United States Congress. "John Hamlin Folger (id: F000241)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.