Joseph B. Foraker

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name =Joseph Benson Foraker


order =37th
office =Governor of Ohio
term_start =January 14, 1886
term_end =January 12, 1890
lieutenant =Robert P. Kennedy (1886-1887) Silas A. Conrad (1887-1888) William C. Lyon (1888-1890)
predecessor =George Hoadly
successor =James E. Campbell
order2 =United States Senator from Ohio
term_start2 =March 4, 1897
term_end2 =March 3, 1909
predecessor2 =Calvin S. Brice
successor2 =Theodore E. Burton
birth_date =July 5, 1846
birth_place =Highland County, Ohio
death_date =May 10, 1917
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Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846ndash May 10, 1917) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 37th Governor of Ohio.

Foraker was born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Foraker attended Cornell University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He was unsuccessful in running for the governorship in 1883, but won election two years later and served two two-year terms from 1886-1890. Foraker was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1896 and served two terms from 1897 to 1909. He sponsored the Organic Act of 1900, also known as the Foraker Act, which established civil government in the newly-acquired island of Puerto Rico. Foraker was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1908, and was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1908. Governor Foraker Place, a street in the county seat of Highland County, Hillsboro, Ohio, about 10 miles west of Rainsboro, is named in his honor.

Civil War

Foraker served as a private in Company A of the 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At age 19 he had participated in 13 principal battles and was promoted to Lt. and Brevet Captain. (Source: The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity)

External links

* [http://www.t207.com/images/n124/foraker.jpgImage of Joseph Foraker from "1888 Presidential Possibilities" card set] t207.com