John Franklin Fort
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John Franklin Fort (b. March 20, 1852 - d. November 17, 1920) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd Governor of New Jersey, from 1908-1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic Governor of New Jersey from 1851-1854.
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. Fort was a delegate to the 1912.
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 West Orange home on November 17, 1920, aged 68, and was buried at Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield in Bloomfield.
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- New Jersey State Library biography for John Franklin Fort (PDF)
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for John Franklin Fort
- Dead Governors information for John Franklin Fort
- Political Graveyard info for John Franklin Fort
| Preceded by Edward C. Stokes |
New Jersey Governor 1908–1911 |
Succeeded by Horace Baker |
| Governors of New Jersey |  |
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| Livingston • Paterson • Howell • Bloomfield • Ogden • W.S. Pennington • M. Dickerson • Williamson • Vroom • Southard • Seeley • P. Dickerson • W. Pennington • Haines • Stratton • Fort • Price • Newell • Olden • Parker • Ward • Randolph • Bedle • McClellan • Ludlow • Abbett • Green • Werts • Griggs • Voorhees • Murphy • Stokes • Fort • Wilson • Fielder • Edge • Edwards • Silzer • Moore • Larson • Hoffman • Edison • Driscoll • Meyner • Hughes • Cahill • Byrne • Kean • Florio • Whitman • DiFrancesco • McGreevey • Codey • Corzine |
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