George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.
George Edmund Foss | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Charles M. Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Carl R. Chindblom |
| Constituency | 10th district |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Prince |
| Succeeded by | Charles M. Thomson |
| Constituency | 10th district |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Philip Knopf |
| Constituency | 7th district |
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| Born | July 2, 1863 Berkshire, Vermont |
| Died | March 15, 1936 (aged 72) Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
Life and career
editFoss was born on July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss. Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885.
He attended Columbia Law School and the School of Political Science at Columbia University in New York City. In 1889 he graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago, Illinois, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Chicago.
Foss was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1913).[1] He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Fifty-sixth through Sixty-first Congresses).
On March 29, 1907, residents in the North Chicago, Illinois, incorporated Foss Park District to honor him. The Park District's largest park (Foss Park) bares his name as well.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1912. Foss was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1919).
He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1918, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. He resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
He died on March 15, 1936, in Chicago, and was interred in Graceland Cemetery.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 22. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- United States Congress. "George E. Foss (id: F000295)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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