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John Franklin Fort

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Governor of New Jersey (1852-1920)

John Franklin Fort


33rd Governor of New Jersey
In office January 21, 1908 – January 17, 1911
Preceded by	Edward C. Stokes
Succeeded by	Woodrow Wilson

Personal details
Born	March 20, 1852 Pemberton, New Jersey
Died	November 17, 1920 (aged 68) South Orange, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Charlotte E. Stainsby
Alma mater	Albany Law School (LL.B.)
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John Franklin Fort (March 20, 1852 – November 17, 1920) was an AmericanRepublican Party politician, who served as the 33rdgovernor of New Jersey, from 1908 to 1911. His uncle,George Franklin Fort, was aDemocratic governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

Biography

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Fort was born inPemberton, New Jersey, on March 20, 1852. He attended thePennington Seminary, and earned anLL.B. degree atAlbany Law School in 1872.

An attorney, Fort was appointed by GovernorGeorge B. McClellan, aDemocrat, 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 theRepublican National Convention in1884 and1896. In 1900, GovernorFoster M. Voorhees appointed him to theNew Jersey Supreme Court, where he remained until 1907.^[1] Fort was a delegate to the1912 Republican National Convention.

In 1909 Fort was elected an honorary member of the New JerseySociety of the Cincinnati.^[2]

In March 1917, President (and former New Jersey governor)Woodrow Wilson appointed Fort to theFederal Trade Commission, a position he held until November 1919 when he resigned due to illness. He died in hisSouth Orange home on November 17, 1920, aged 68, and was buried atBloomfield Cemetery inBloomfield.^[3]

References

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^"Appointment by Governor Stokes",Camden Courier-Post (September 26, 1907), p. 3.
^List of members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey, July 4, 1911
^"Governor Fort Dies After Long Illness".The Morning Call. South Orange. November 20, 1920. p. 1. RetrievedDecember 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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Political offices
Preceded by Edward C. Stokes	New Jersey governor January 21, 1908 – January 17, 1911	Succeeded by Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by David A. Depue	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey 1900 – 1907	Succeeded by Charles Wolcott Parker
Party political offices
Preceded by Edward C. Stokes	Republican nominee forGovernor of New Jersey 1907	Succeeded by Vivian M. Lewis

v t e Governors of New Jersey
Proprietary Province	Carteret
East New Jersey	Carteret Barclay Hamilton Basse Hamilton
West New Jersey	Byllynge Coxe Hamilton Basse Hamilton
Dominion of New England (1688–89)	Andros
Royal governors	Viscount Cornbury Baron Lovelace Ingoldesby (Lt. Gov.) Hunter Burnet Montgomerie Morris (acting) Cosby Anderson (acting) Hamilton (acting) Lord De La Warr Morris Hamilton (acting) Reading (acting) Belcher Reading (acting) Pownall (Lt. Gov.) Reading (acting) Bernard Boone Hardy Franklin
State (since 1776)	Livingston Paterson Howell Bloomfield Ogden W. S. Pennington M. Dickerson Williamson Vroom Southard Seeley Vroom P. Dickerson W. Pennington Haines Stratton Haines G. F. Fort Price Newell Olden Parker Ward Randolph Parker Bedle McClellan Ludlow Abbett Green Abbett Werts Griggs Voorhees F. Murphy Stokes J. F. Fort Wilson Fielder Edge Runyon* Edwards Silzer Moore Larson Moore Hoffman Moore Edison Edge Driscoll Meyner Hughes Cahill Byrne Kean Florio Whitman DiFrancesco* McGreevey Codey* Corzine Christie P. Murphy Sherrill (elect)
* UnderN.J.S.A. 52:15-5 (as amended in 2005), an acting governor serving for 180 continuous days or more is conferred the title of Governor.

v t e Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission
Member-selected (1915–1950)	Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) •Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) •William J. Harris (1917–1918) •William Byron Colver (1918–1919) •John Franklin Fort (1919) •Victor Murdock (1919–1920) •Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) •Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) •Victor Murdock (1922–1923) •Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) •Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) •John F. Nugent (1925–1926) •Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) •William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) •Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) •Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) •Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) •Charles W. Hunt (1931) •William E. Humphrey (1932) •Charles H. March (1933) •Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) •Ewin L. Davis (1935) •Charles H. March (1936) •William Augustus Ayres (1937) •Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) •Robert E. Freer (1939) •Ewin L. Davis (1940) •Charles H. March (1941) •William Augustus Ayres (1942) •Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) •Robert E. Freer (1944) •Ewin L. Davis (1945) •William Augustus Ayres (1946) •Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) •Robert E. Freer (1948) •Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
Presidential appointments (1950–present) Acting chairsitalicized	James M. Mead (1950–1953) •Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) •John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) •Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) •Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) •Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) •Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) •Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) •Paul Rand Dixon (1976) •Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) •Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) •David A. Clanton (1981) •James C. Miller III (1981–1985) •Terry Calvani (1985–1986) •Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) •Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) •Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) •Timothy Muris (2001–2004) •Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) •William Kovacic (2008–2009) •Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) •Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) •Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) •Joseph Simons (2018–2021) •Rebecca Slaughter (2021) •Lina Khan (2021–2025) •Andrew N. Ferguson (2025–present)