Eugene Foss

Eugene Noble Foss (* September 24 1858 in St. Albans, Vermont; † September 13, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician and from 1911 to 1914 Governor of Massachusetts. Between 1910 and 1911 he represented his state in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

Eugene Foss attended the Franklin County Academy and then the University of Vermont, where he but made ​​no statements. A subsequent law school he dropped out to begin a career in the trading business. Initially he worked as a sales representative of a company. Later he became head of the iron and steel company of his father. Since 1882 he has been resident in Boston. Politically he was first a member of the Republican Party. In June 1904 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated to the President Theodore Roosevelt for a second term. Foss then switched to the Democrats, for which he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in 1909 for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.

Congressman and Governor

After the death of Mr William C. Lovering Foss was chosen as his successor in Congress. This office he held between March 22 1910 and January 4, 1911. On this day he resigned to take up his new post as governor of Massachusetts. In this he was elected on November 8, 1910 52:44 percent of the vote against Republican incumbent Ebenezer Sumner Draper. After several re- elections he could reign as governor from January 5, 1911 to January 8, 1914. During this time, a pension plan for the public service has been introduced. A new law controlled spending on election campaigns. The number of judges was increased and their grades improved. In addition, a compensation law for work accidents was adopted. With a strike in the textile industry continued the governor, 1912, the militia against the strikers one. In the elections of 1913 Foss was not nominated by his party. Then he ran as an Independent, but had no chance in the election.

After the end of his governorship to Foss retired from politics and returned to his private business, why now included the real estate market in Boston. In this city he has also passed away in September 1939. With his wife Lilla Sturdevant Eugene Foss had four children. His younger brother George was also a congressman for Massachusetts.

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