Joseph W. Fordney

Joseph W. Fordney

Joseph Warren Fordney (born November 5, 1853 in Hartford City , Blackford County , Indiana , †  January 8, 1932 in Saginaw , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1923 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Fordney attended the public schools in his home country and then moved to Saginaw, Michigan, in June 1869, where he worked in the wood industry. Over the years he founded his own companies in this branch. He was also Vice President of the Saginaw Trade Commission. Politically, Fordney joined the Republican Party . From 1896 to 1900 he was a member of the Saginaw City Council.

In the congressional elections of 1898 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Ferdinand Brucker on March 4, 1899 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1923 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed. From 1905 to 1907 Fordney was chairman of the Department of Navy's Expenditure Control Committee. Between 1919 and 1923 he headed the tax committee. He was a co-author of the Fordney-McCumber Customs Act of 1922. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1922, Joseph Fordney renounced another candidacy. In the following years he returned to his many private business interests. In addition to the wood industry, banking and agriculture were now also part of his field of activity. He died on January 8, 1932 in Saginaw.

Web links

• Joseph W. Fordney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph W. Fordney in the database of Find a Grave (English)