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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseySamuel Carr FORKER
(1821-1900)
FORKER, Samuel Carr, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Mount Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., March 16, 1821; completed preparatory studies; moved
to Bordentown and engaged in banking; director and cashier of the
Bordentown Banking Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second
Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; again engaged in
banking; moved to Delanco, Burlington County, N.J., in 1890; lived
in retirement with his son until his death in Edgewater Park,
Burlington County, N.J., February 10, 1900; interment in Mount
Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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