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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJoseph Benson FORAKER
(1846-1917)
Senate Years of Service:
1897-1909Party: RepublicanFORAKER, Joseph Benson, a
Senator from Ohio; born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio, on
July 5, 1846; pursued preparatory studies; during the Civil War
served in the Eighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
attaining the rank of brevet captain; graduated from Cornell
University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1869; studied law; admitted to the bar
in 1869 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio; judge of the
superior court of Cincinnati 1879-1882; unsuccessful Republican
candidate for Governor of Ohio in 1883; Governor of Ohio 1885-1889;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1889; elected in 1896 as a
Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1902 and
served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1908; chairman, Committee to Examine Branches of
the Civil Service (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Pacific
Islands and Puerto Rico (Fifty-sixth through Sixtieth Congresses);
resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died May
10, 1917; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Foraker, Joseph B. Notes of a Busy Life. 2
vols. Cincinnati: Stewart and Kidd Co., 1916; Walters, Everett.
Joseph Benson Foraker: An Uncompromising Republican.
Columbus: Ohio History Press, 1948.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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