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 . Fort was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention
1912 Republican National Convention
1912 Republican National Convention
John Franklin Fort