Otto G. Foelker

Otto Godfrey Foelker

Otto Godfrey Foelker (December 29, 1875 - January 18, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in the city of Mainz, Germany, Foelker immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents. They settled in Troy, New York, where he attended the public schools. He later moved to Brooklyn in December 1895, and studied law in the New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Brooklyn. He served as member of the State assembly in 1905 and 1906, then served in the State senate in 1907 and 1908.

Foelker was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles T. Dunwell. He was reelected to the Sixty-first Congress and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1911. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1910. Foelker moved to California and resumed the practice of law in Oakland, California, where he died on January 18, 1943. He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.

References

• Otto G. Foelker at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• "BIG SCANDAL LATENT IN GARDNER'S ARREST; He's Only One of a Number Said to be Implicated in Handling a $500,000 Lobby Fund.". New York Times. October 15, 1910. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E4DD1330E233A25756C1A9669D946196D6CF. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
• "FOELKER PAPERS DESTROYED.; Handwriting Experts Search Albany for Them in Gardner's Interest.". New York Times. February 18, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E0D91331E233A2575BC1A9649C946096D6CF. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 

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Name	Foelker, Otto Godfrey
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Date of birth	December 29, 1875
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Date of death	January 18, 1943
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