Cornell Franklin
| Cornell Franklin | |
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| Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | |
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In office April 1937 – April 1940 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Edward Arnhold |
| Succeeded by | William Johnston Keswick |
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April 1, 1892 Columbus, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | February 24, 1959 (aged 66) Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Profession | lawyer |
Cornell Sidney Franklin (1892–1959) was an American lawyer and judge and also served as the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1937 to 1940.
Franklin was born April 1, 1892 in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. He was the son of Cornell Samuel and Mary Wycoff (Taylor) Franklin. He was educated at the Franklin Academy from which he graduated in 1909 and the University of Mississippi where he obtained a BA in 1913 and an LLB in 1914.
Franklin practiced law in Hawaii from 1914 to 1917. He then served as an assistant Attorney General of Hawaii from 1917 to 1918. In 1919, he was appointed First Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Hawaii and served in that position until 1921 when he moved to Shanghai.
Franklin arrived in Shanghai on December 31, 1921 and commenced practice of law before the United States Court for China. In the 1920s he was in partnership with Walter Chalaire. After Chalaire returned to America, from 1928 he served as the senior member of the firm Fleming, Franklin & Allman).
A claim by Chalaire against Franklin was heard in the United States Court for China for the agreed price of the sale of the firm. Franklin won in Shanghai but lost on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.
In 1933, Franklin was elected a member of Shanghai Municipal Council. In 1937 he was elected Chairman of the Council and served in that position for three years.
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