Philip B. Fouke

Philip B. Fouke

Philip Bond Fouke (born January 23, 1818 in Kaskaskia , Illinois , †  October 3, 1876 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1863 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Fouke attended public schools in his home country and then worked in the construction industry. In 1841 he founded the Belleville Advocate newspaper , which he also published. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1845, he began to work in this profession in Belleville . Between 1846 and 1850 he served as a public prosecutor in his home country. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1851 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . In 1854 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . An election challenge on his part was also rejected.

In the congressional elections of 1858 Fouke was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Illinois, where he succeeded Robert Smith on March 4, 1859 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1863. These were initially shaped by the events leading up to the civil war and, since 1861, by the war itself.

During the Civil War, Philip Fouke was a colonel in an infantry regiment from Illinois. He was wounded in the Battle of Belmont. After the war he practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington, where he died on October 3, 1876.

Web links

• Philip B. Fouke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Philip B. Fouke in the database of Find a Grave (English)