Background
Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont. In 1836 his family settled in Licking County, Ohio, where he grew up.
Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont. In 1836 his family settled in Licking County, Ohio, where he grew up.
He taught school, then entered and graduated from Marietta College in 1853 with a Bachelor.
In 1856 he earned an Master of Arts. He taught high school for a year in Newark, and two years at Marietta, where he was elected superintendent of schools in 1856, and served two years. Follett was admitted to the bar in 1858. In 1864, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated George B. McClellan.
In 1866, Follett was nominated for the Congress by the Democratic party, but lost the fifteenth district to Tobias A. Plants.
In 1868 he lost the same district to Eliakim H. Moore. He ran for re-election in October 1886, but lost to Marshall Jay Williams.
He served until his term expired in February, 1887. Follett died in 1911 at home in Marietta.
He was buried at Mound Cemetery.
Follett was a life member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, and for ten years beginning in 1895 was a trustee of the society.