Samuel C. Forker

Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
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IntroMember of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
PlacesUnited States of America
wasFinancial professional Politician Banker
Work fieldFinance Politics
Gender
Male
Birth16 March 1821
Death10 February 1900Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey (aged 78 years)
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Biography

Samuel Carr Forker (March 16, 1821 – February 10, 1900) was a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1871-1873.
Forker was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey on March 16, 1821. He completed preparatory studies, moved to Bordentown, New Jersey and engaged in banking. He was director and cashier of the Bordentown Banking Company.
Forker was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.
After leaving Congress, he again engaged in banking. He moved to Delanco Township, New Jersey in 1890, and lived in retirement with his son until his death in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey on February 10, 1900. He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery.

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