John Franklin Fort

John Franklin Fort (born March 20, 1852 in Pemberton , Burlington County , New Jersey , † November 17, 1920 in South Orange , New Jersey) was an American politician and governor of the state of New Jersey from 1908 to 1911 .

Early years and political advancement

John Fort was the nephew of George Franklin Fort , who was governor of New Jersey between 1851 and 1854. John attended Pennington Seminary and then Albany Law School until 1872 , where he studied law. Then he started a legal career. Between 1878 and 1883 he was a member of the Newark District Court .

Fort became a member of the Republican Party , whose federal party congresses he attended as a delegate in 1884 and 1896. In New Jersey he was chairman of the regional party conventions in 1889 and 1895. In 1894 he was a member of a commission for the revision of the New Jersey constitution. In 1896, John Fort became a judge on an Essex County Court of Appeals and served as a judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1900 to 1907 . On November 5, 1907, he was elected the new governor of his state, where he prevailed with 49:47 percent of the vote against the Democrat Frank S. Katzenbach .

Governor of New Jersey and another résumé

John Fort took up his new office on January 21, 1908. In his three-year term until January 17, 1911, the budget deficit was reduced and a Ministry of Education was created. In addition, the state's road network was expanded. After the end of his tenure, Fort remained politically active. In 1912 he briefly joined the Progressive Party founded by Theodore Roosevelt , whose party congress he attended as a delegate. In 1914 he became special envoy to the Dominican Republic ; a year later he took the same position in Haiti . In 1917 he was appointed chairman of the Federal Trade Commission by President Woodrow Wilson . He held this office until November 1919. Then he resigned for health reasons. Governor John Fort died a year later in November 1920. He had three children with his wife, Charlotte Stainsby. Among them was the son Franklin (1880-1937), who was between 1925 and 1931 Congressman for New Jersey.

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SURNAME	Gone, John Franklin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pemberton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	17th November 1920
Place of death	South Orange , New Jersey