John Franklin Fort

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|name= John Franklin Fort

|image= John Franklin Fort.jpg

|caption=

|order=33rd

|office= Governor of New Jersey

|term_start= January 21, 1908

|term_end= January 17, 1911

|predecessor= Edward C. Stokes

|successor= Woodrow Wilson

|spouse= Charlotte E. Stainsby

|birth_date= March 20, 1852

|birth_place= Pemberton, New Jersey

|death_date= November 17, 1920 (aged 68)

|death_place= South Orange, New Jersey

|alma_mater = Albany Law School (LL.B.)

|party= Republican

|signature = Signature of John Franklin Fort.png

}}

John Franklin Fort (March 20, 1852 – November 17, 1920) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd governor of New Jersey, from 1908 to 1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

Biography

Fort was born in Pemberton, New Jersey, on March 20, 1852. He attended the Pennington Seminary, and earned an LL.B. degree at Albany Law School in 1872.

An attorney, Fort was appointed by Governor George B. McClellan, a Democrat, to the First District Court of Newark, a position he held through subsequent Democratic administrations until he stepped down in 1886. Fort was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884 and 1896. In 1900, Governor Foster M. Voorhees appointed him to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he remained until 1907."Appointment by Governor Stokes", Camden Courier-Post (September 26, 1907), p. 3. Fort was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.

In 1909 Fort was elected an honorary member of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati.List of members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey, July 4, 1911

In March 1917, President (and former New Jersey governor) Woodrow Wilson appointed Fort to the Federal Trade Commission, a position he held until November 1919 when he resigned due to illness. He died in his South Orange home on November 17, 1920, aged 68, and was buried at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65323472/governor-fort-dies-after-long-illness/ |title=Governor Fort Dies After Long Illness |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=South Orange |page=1 |date=1920-11-20 |access-date=2020-12-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060312034432/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GFORJ.pdf Biography of John Franklin Fort (PDF)], New Jersey State Library
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034501/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=339b3058be3f9010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey John Franklin Fort], National Governors Association
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060512211233/http://members.bellatlantic.net/%7Evze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html#fort Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for John Franklin Fort]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060512211233/http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html#fort Dead Governors information for John Franklin Fort]
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#RJD0SY684 Political Graveyard info for John Franklin Fort]

{{succession box|title=New Jersey governor|before=Edward C. Stokes|after=Woodrow Wilson|years=January 21, 1908{{spaced ndash}}January 17, 1911}}

{{succession box |title=Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey | before=David A. Depue | after=Charles Wolcott Parker | years=1900{{spaced ndash}}1907}}

{{succession box

|title= Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey

|before=Edward C. Stokes

|after=Vivian M. Lewis

|years=1907}}

Category:1852 births

Category:1920 deaths

Category:Republican Party governors of New Jersey

Category:Albany Law School alumni

Category:Lawyers from Burlington County, New Jersey