John Fox (congressman)

Infobox Congressman
name=John Fox

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state=New York
district=4th
party=Democrat
term=March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
preceded=Morgan Jones
succeeded=Robert B. Roosevelt
date of birth=June 30, 1835
place of birth=Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
date of death=January 17, 1914
place of death=New York City, New York, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Mechanic, Merchant
religion=Roman Catholic
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John Fox (June 30, 1835 – January 17, 1914) was a nineteenth century politician, mechanic and merchant from New York.

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Fox immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1840, settling in New York City, New York. He attended public schools as a child, engaged in mechanical pursuits and was employed as a master block maker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1857. He was a member of the New York City Council and was a supervisor of New York City in 1863, was a supervisor of New York County, New York in 1864 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1866, serving from 1867 to 1871, declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870. Fox served in the New York Senate from 1874 to 1878, was president of the National Democratic Club from 1894 to 1910 and engaged in business as an iron merchant, residing in New York City. He died in New York City on January 17, 1914 and was interned in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, New York.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12806923 John Fox] at Find A Grave