Benjamin K. Focht
Appearance
Benjamin K. Focht | |
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Pennsylvania Senate | |
In office 1901–1905 | |
Personal details | |
Born | New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania | March 12, 1863
Died | March 27, 1937 Washington, D.C. | (aged 74)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Susquehanna University |
Benjamin Kurtz Focht (March 12, 1863 – March 27, 1937) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Biography
Benjamin K. Focht was born in
Pennsylvania State College at State College, Pennsylvania, and Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. He established the Lewisburg Saturday News in 1881, serving as editor and publisher until his death. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1889. He served as an officer of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897, and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
from 1901 to 1905. He was water supply commissioner of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1914.
Focht was elected as a Republican to the
United States House Committee on the District of Columbia during the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, and 1930, and also in 1932 for the unexpired term of Edward M. Beers. After his time in Congress he resumed business activities in Lewisburg. He served as deputy secretary of the Commonwealth in 1928 and 1929. Focht was again elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served until his death in Washington, D.C.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
Sources
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- United States Congress. "Benjamin K. Focht (id: F000230)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard