John Franklin Fort (March 20, 1852 – November 17, 1920) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd governor of New Jersey, from 1908 to 1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854. Biography Fort was born in Pemberton, New Jersey on March 20, 1852. He attended the Pennington Seminary, and earned an LL.B. degree at Albany Law School in 1872. An attorney, Fort was appointed by Governor George B. McClellan, a Democrat, to the First District Court of Newark, a position he held through subsequent Democratic administrations until he stepped down in 1886. Fort was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884 and 1896. In 1900, Governor Foster M. Voorhees appointed him to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he remained until 1907. Fort was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention. In 1909 Fort was elected an honorary member of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati. In March 1917, President (and former New Jersey Governor) Woodrow Wilson appointed Fort to the Federal Trade Commission, a position he held until November 1919 when he resigned due to illness. He died in his South Orange home on November 17, 1920, aged 68, and was buried at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield. See also List of governors of New Jersey References External links Biography of John Franklin Fort (PDF), New Jersey State Library New Jersey John Franklin Fort, National Governors Association Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for John Franklin Fort Dead Governors information for John Franklin Fort Political Graveyard info for John Franklin Fort 1852 births 1920 deaths Republican Party governors of New Jersey Albany Law School alumni New Jersey lawyers New Jersey state court judges Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey People from Pemberton, New Jersey People from South Orange, New Jersey Burials in New Jersey The Pennington School alumni Federal Trade Commission personnel Woodrow Wilson administration personnel