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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisPhilip Bond FOUKE
(1818-1876)
FOUKE, Philip Bond, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Kaskaskia, Ill., January 23,
1818; attended the public schools and became a civil engineer;
established and published the Belleville Advocate in 1841; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in
Belleville; prosecuting attorney for the Kaskaskia district (second
circuit) 1846-1850; member of the State house of representatives in
1851; unsuccessfully contested the election of Lyman Trumbull to
the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3,
1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; during the
Civil War served as colonel of the Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of Belmont;
engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and died there
October 3, 1876; interment in Congressional Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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