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John Franklin Fort

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Preceded by
  
Edward C. Stokes

Education
  
Albany Law School

Political party
  
Republican

Party
  
Republican Party

Name
  
John Fort

Succeeded by
  
Woodrow Wilson

Spouse
  
Charlotte Stainsby


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Role
  
Former Governor of New Jersey

Died
  
November 17, 1920, South Orange, New Jersey, United States

Previous office
  
Governor of New Jersey (1908–1911)

John Franklin Fort (March 20, 1852 – November 17, 1920) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd Governor of New Jersey, from 1908–1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic Governor of New Jersey from 1851–1854.

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 George B. McClellan, a Democrat, to the First District Court of Newark, a position he held through subsequent Democratic administrations until he stepped down in 1886. Fort was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884 and 1896. In 1900, Governor Foster M. Voorhees appointed him to the New Jersey Supreme Court. 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.

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.

References

John Franklin Fort Wikipedia