Lawyer
Centurion, 1905–1927
Born 8 October 1843 in Gowanda, New York
Died 24 May 1927 in Buffalo, New York
Buried Pine Hill Cemetery
, Gowanda, New York
Proposed by Francis Vinton Greene and Francis Lynde Stetson
Elected 6 May 1905 at age sixty-one
Century Memorial
Franklin D. Locke had for more than half a century been a conspicuous figure at the bar in Buffalo, where he was one of Cleveland’s close friends and political associates before the startling turns of American politics carried the older man in three years from the mayoralty of the city to the governorship of the state and thence to the Presidency of the United States. Mr. Locke was never closely identified with politics, but he was actively identified with the business interests of his city and a trustee of Hamilton College, which gave him the doctor of laws degree.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook