Career
Folsom was, for many years, involved in the dry goods trade. Folsom had a dry goods store on Merrimack Street, in Lowell. Folsom was a director of the Old Lowell National Bank, and a Trustee of the Central Savings Bank.
Folsom was, for many years, involved in the dry goods trade. Folsom had a dry goods store on Merrimack Street, in Lowell. Folsom was a director of the Old Lowell National Bank, and a Trustee of the Central Savings Bank.
Folsom was a member of the Lowell Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and was twice elected the mayor of Lowell. After he was mayor Folsom served two terms in the Massachusetts legislature as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.