{{short description|American politician}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Meshack Franklin | state = North Carolina | constituency = {{ushr|NC|12|12th district}} (1807–1813)<br>{{ushr|NC|13|13th district}} (1813–1815) | term_start = March 4, 1807 | term_end = March 3, 1815 | predecessor = Joseph Winston | successor = Lewis Williams | state_house1 = North Carolina | term_start1 = 1800 | term_end1 = 1801 | birth_name = | birth_date = 1772 | birth_place = Surry County, North Carolina, British America | death_date = December 18, 1839 | death_place = Surry County, North Carolina, U.S. | spouse = | children = | relatives = Jesse Franklin (brother) | alma_mater = | party = Democratic-Republican | other_party = }}

'''Meshack Franklin''' (1772 – December 18, 1839) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1772; Brother of Jesse Franklin. member of the State house of commons in 1800 and 1801; served in the State senate in 1828, 1829, and 1838; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1815); died in Surry County, N.C., December 18, 1839. Franklin's house, built by his father-in-law Gideon Edwards in 1799, is currently owned and maintained by the Surry County Historical Society as the Edwards-Franklin House.

== See also == * Tenth United States Congress * Eleventh United States Congress * Twelfth United States Congress * Thirteenth United States Congress

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