George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a

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from

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. He was a brother of

Eugene Noble Foss Eugene Noble Foss (September 24, 1858 – September 13, 1939) was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts. E ...

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Foss was born on July 2, 1863, in

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. He was a brother of

. Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from

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in 1885. He attended

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and the School of Political Science at

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in New York City. In 1889 he graduated from

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at Chicago, Illinois, was

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and commenced the practice of law in Chicago. Foss was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth and eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1913). He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs ( Fifty-sixth through Sixty-first Congresses). On March 29, 1907, residents in the North Chicago, Illinois, incorporated Foss Park District to honor him. The Park District's largest park (Foss Park) bares his name as well. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1912. Foss was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1919). He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1918, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the

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. He resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He died on March 15, 1936, in Chicago, and was interred in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foss, George Edmund 1863 births 1936 deaths Burials at Graceland Cemetery (Chicago) Columbia Law School alumni Harvard University alumni Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois

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