George G. Fogg

George Gilman Fogg ( born May 26, 1813 in Meredith Center, Belknap County, New Hampshire; † October 5, 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire ) is an American politician ( Republican) of the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate represented.

After an extensive education in the classical disciplines attended George Fogg Dartmouth College in Hanover, where he made his degree in 1839. After that he studied in his home town, the Harvard Law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice as a lawyer in Gilmanton Iron Works.

1846 Fogg was in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, down. There, his political career began with membership of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire; also in the year 1846 he was Secretary of State in the State Government of New Hampshire. Between 1847 and 1861 he worked as editor of a newspaper; also he held from 1856 to 1860 the office of court clerk of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. As a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1856, he became in 1860 secretary of the Executive Committee. The following year, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him American minister with the rank of Minister Resident in Switzerland, which he remained until 1865.

Following the resignation of U.S. Senator Daniel Clark on July 27, 1866 Fogg was appointed by Governor Frederick Smyth to his successor in Congress. He took his seat on August 31, 1866 to March 3, 1867 to true; for re-election, he joined not to. As a result, he was 1875-1881 Fellow at Bates College in Lewiston, as well as editor of the newspaper " Concord Daily Monitor ".