George Edmund Foss

George Edmund Foss

George Edmund Foss (born July 2, 1863 in West Berkshire , Vermont , †  March 15, 1936 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1919 he twice represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Foss was the younger brother of Governor Eugene Foss (1858-1939). He attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1885 at Harvard University . After a subsequent law degree at various universities and his admission to the bar in 1889, he began to work in this profession in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1894 Foss was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Thomas J. Henderson on March 4, 1895 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . Since 1903 Foss represented the tenth district of his state. From 1899 to 1911 he headed the Committee on Maritime Affairs. In 1912 he was not re-elected.

In the 1914 election , Foss was re-elected to Congress in the tenth district of his state. After being re-elected, he completed two further legislative periods there between March 4, 1915 and March 3, 1919, which were shaped by the events of the First World War . In 1918 he renounced another candidacy. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the US Senate elections .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, George Foss practiced law again. In 1932 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on March 15, 1936 in Chicago, where he was also buried.

Web links

• George Edmund Foss in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)