- Eugene Foss
Infobox Governor
name = Eugene Noble Foss
order = 45th
office = Governor of Massachusetts
term_start =January 4 ,1911
term_end =March 5 ,1914
lieutenant =Louis A. Frothingham (1911-1912)Robert Luce (1912-1913)David I. Walsh (1913-1914)
predecessor = Ebenezer S. Draper
successor =David I. Walsh
birth_date = birth date|1858|9|24|mf=y
birth_place =St. Albans, Vermont
death_date = death date and age|1939|9|13|1858|9|24|mf=y
death_place = Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts
party = Democrat
spouse =
profession =
religion =
order2 = Member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts 's 14th district
term_start2 =March 22 ,1910
term_end2 =January 4 ,1911
predecessor2 =William C. Lovering
successor2 =Robert O. Harris Eugene Noble Foss, (
September 24 ,1858 -September 13 ,1939 ) was an American Representative and governor fromMassachusetts , as well as brother ofGeorge Edmund Foss . Born in West Berkshire, near St. Albans,Vermont , he attended the public schools,Franklin County Academy atSt. Albans, Vermont , and theUniversity of Vermont . He settled inBoston , Massachusetts in 1882 working in the manufacture ofiron andsteel .He was elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-first United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilliam C. Lovering and served fromMarch 22 ,1910 until his resignation, effectiveJanuary 4 ,1911 , having been electedGovernor of Massachusetts . He served from 1911 to 1913.He denied clemency for
Clarence Richeson for the sensationalized murder of Avis Linell.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Governor in 1912. Afterwards he resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and managed his large real estate holdings in Boston. He died in
Jamaica Plain , Massachusetts onSeptember 13 ,1939 and is interned inForest Hill Cemetery .External links
*CongBio|F000293
* [http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/efoss.htm Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography]
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