George G. Fogg

George G. Fogg

George Gilman Fogg (born May 26, 1813 in Meredith Center , Belknap County , New Hampshire , †  October 5, 1881 in Concord , New Hampshire) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate represented.

After extensive schooling in the classical subjects, George Fogg attended Dartmouth College in Hanover , where he graduated in 1839. He studied in his hometown and in Harvard the law , was admitted to the bar in 1842 and began in Gilmanton Iron Works to practice as a lawyer.

In 1846 Fogg settled in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. There his political career began with membership in the New Hampshire House of Representatives ; also in 1846 he became Secretary of State in the state government of New Hampshire. Between 1847 and 1861 he was the editor of a newspaper; he also held the office of clerk at the Supreme Court of New Hampshire from 1856 to 1860 . As a member of the Republican Party founded in 1856, he became secretary of its executive committee in 1860. In the following year, US President Abraham Lincoln appointed him American envoy with the rank of Minister Resident in Switzerland , which he remained until 1865.

After the resignation of US Senator Daniel Clark on July 27, 1866, Fogg was appointed his successor in Congress by Governor Frederick Smyth . He performed his mandate from August 31, 1866 to March 3, 1867; he did not stand for re-election. As a result, he was from 1875 to 1881 Fellow at Bates College in Lewiston and editor of the newspaper "Concord Daily Monitor".

Web links

• George G. Fogg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George G. Fogg in the database of Find a Grave (English)