John Franklin Fort
John Franklin Fort | |
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33rd Governor of New Jersey | |
In office January 21, 1908 – January 17, 1911 | |
Preceded by | Edward C. Stokes |
Succeeded by | Woodrow Wilson |
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Born | March 20, 1852 LL.B.) |
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John Franklin Fort (March 20, 1852 – November 17, 1920) was an American
George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic
Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.
Biography
Fort was born in Pemberton, New Jersey on March 20, 1852. He attended the Pennington Seminary, and earned an LL.B. degree at Albany Law School in 1872.
An attorney, Fort was appointed by Governor
New Jersey Supreme Court, where he remained until 1907.[1] Fort was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention
.
In 1909 Fort was elected an honorary member of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati.[2]
In March 1917, President (and former New Jersey Governor) Woodrow Wilson appointed Fort to the Federal Trade Commission, a position he held until November 1919 when he resigned due to illness. He died in his South Orange home on November 17, 1920, aged 68, and was buried at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Appointment by Governor Stokes", Camden Courier-Post (September 26, 1907), p. 3.
- ^ List of members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey, July 4, 1911
- ^ "Governor Fort Dies After Long Illness". The Morning Call. South Orange. November 20, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- Biography of John Franklin Fort (PDF), New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey John Franklin Fort, National Governors Association
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for John Franklin Fort
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