John Fox (politician)

John Fox

John Fox (born June 30, 1835 in Fredericton , Canada , † January 17, 1914 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1871 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Fox was born five months after the assassination of US President Andrew Jackson in Fredericton, Canada. His family moved to the United States in 1840 and settled in New York City. There he attended public schools and then went about commercial business. In 1857 he worked as a master block maker at the Brooklyn Navy Yard . He served on the Board of Aldermen and was Town Supervisor of New York City in 1863 and 1864 and Town Supervisor of New York County in 1864 during the Civil War .

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1866 Fox was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Morgan Jones on March 4, 1867 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1870 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1871 Congress of.

Between 1874 and 1878 he was a member of the New York Senate . Then he was President of the National Democratic Club between 1894 and 1910 . In addition, he worked as an iron dealer in New York City until his death on January 17, 1914. His body was interred in Calvary Cemetery on Long Island . About six months later, World War I broke out.

Web links

• John Fox in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Fox in the database of Find a Grave (English)