U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Lawrenceville School, in 1897, from Princeton University, in 1901, attended New York Law School, (1901-03), was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Newark, New Jersey. He was recorder of East Orange, New Jersey, (1907-08) and during World War I, served as a volunteer on the staff of the United States Food Administrator, Washington, D.C., (1917-19). In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses, serving until 1931. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he served as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, (1932-33) and resumed the practice of law until death at age 57. Also his son John F. Fort, was the 44th Governor of New Jersey.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Lawrenceville School, in 1897, from Princeton University, in 1901, attended New York Law School, (1901-03), was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Newark, New Jersey. He was recorder of East Orange, New Jersey, (1907-08) and during World War I, served as a volunteer on the staff of the United States Food Administrator, Washington, D.C., (1917-19). In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses, serving until 1931. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he served as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, (1932-33) and resumed the practice of law until death at age 57. Also his son John F. Fort, was the 44th Governor of New Jersey.
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