Franklin William Fort

Franklin William Fort
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by Daniel F. Minahan
Succeeded by Peter Angelo Cavicchia
Personal details
Born (1880-03-30)March 30, 1880
Newark, New Jersey
Died June 20, 1937(1937-06-20) (aged 57)
Rochester, Minnesota
Political party Republican

Franklin William Fort (March 30, 1880 – June 20, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.

Biography

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Fort moved in 1888 with his parents to East Orange, New Jersey. He attended the public schools and Newark Academy. He was graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1897 and from Princeton University in 1901. He attended New York Law School 1901-1903. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Newark. Recorder of East Orange, New Jersey, in 1907 and 1908. During World War I he served as a volunteer on the staff of the United States Food Administrator, Washington, D.C. from 1917 to 1919. He engaged in the insurance business in 1919 at Newark, New Jersey, and was also interested in banking.

Fort was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931). He was not a candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as United States Senator in 1930. He served as secretary of the Republican National Committee 1928-1930. He resumed the practice of law. He served as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from January 1932 to March 1933. He died on June 20, 1937, in Rochester, Minnesota. He was interred in Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield, New Jersey.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Franklin William Fort, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Daniel F. Minahan		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 		Succeeded by
Peter A. Caviccia
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