Joseph B. Foraker
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Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 37th Governor of Ohio.
Foraker was born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Foraker attended Cornell University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He was unsuccessful in running for the governorship in 1883, but won election two years later and served two two-year terms from 1886-1890. Foraker was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1896 and served two terms from 1897 to 1909. He sponsored the Organic Act of 1900, also known as the Foraker Act, which established civil government in the newly-acquired island of Puerto Rico. Foraker was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1908, and was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1908.
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Foraker served as a private in Company A of the 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At age 19 he had participated in 13 principle battles and was promoted to Lt. and Brevet Captain. (Source: The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity)
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| Preceded by George Hoadly |
Governor of Ohio 1886-1890 |
Succeeded by James E. Campbell |
| Preceded by Calvin S. Brice |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1897–1909 Served alongside: John Sherman, Marcus A. Hanna, Charles W. F. Dick |
Succeeded by Theodore E. Burton |
| Governors of Ohio |  |
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| Tiffin • Kirker • Huntington • Meigs • Looker • Worthington • E. Brown • Trimble • Morrow • Trimble • McArthur • Lucas • Vance • Shannon • Corwin • Shannon • T. Bartley • M. Bartley • Bebb • Ford • Wood • Medill • Chase • Dennison • Tod • Brough • Anderson • J.D. Cox • Hayes • Noyes • Allen • Hayes • Young • Bishop • Foster • Hoadly • Foraker • Campbell • McKinley • Bushnell • Nash • Herrick • Pattison • Harris • Harmon • J.M. Cox • Willis • J.M. Cox • Davis • Donahey • Cooper • White • Davey • Bricker • Lausche • Herbert • Lausche • J. Brown • O'Neill • DiSalle • Rhodes • Gilligan • Rhodes • Celeste • Voinovich • Hollister • Taft • Strickland |
