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Encyclopedia > George Ernest Foulkes

George Ernest Foulkes (December 25, 1878December 13, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.


Foulkes was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the public schools of Chicago. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest University, Chicago, in 1900. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in the United States Treasury Department. He was special agent of the United States Treasury Department in charge of field service at New York City, El Paso, Texas, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1900-1919. He moved to Hartford, Michigan, in 1920 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1924, 1926, and 1928. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the Seventy-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935. He was nominated for Governor by the Farmer-Labor Party in 1934, but declined. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and resumed agricultural pursuits. He also engaged as an author and in farm-organization work. He died in Hartford and is interred in Hartford Cemetery.


This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.


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