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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsEugene Noble FOSS
(1858-1939)
FOSS, Eugene Noble,
(brother of George Edmund Foss), a Representative from
Massachusetts; born in West Berkshire, near St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., on September 24, 1858; attended the public schools,
Franklin County Academy at St. Albans, Vt., and the University of
Vermont; settled in Boston, Mass., in 1882; engaged in the
manufacture of iron and steel products; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William C. Lovering and served from March 22, 1910, until his
resignation, effective January 4, 1911, having been elected
Governor of Massachusetts, in which capacity he served from 1911 to
1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Governor in 1912;
resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and managed his large
real estate holdings in Boston, Mass.; died in Jamaica Plain
(Boston), Mass., September 13, 1939; interment in Forest Hill
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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