George G. Fogg

George Gilman Fogg
George Gilman Fogg
United States Senator; from New Hampshire
	In office; August 31, 1866 – March 3, 1867
Appointed by	Frederick Smyth
Preceded by	Daniel Clark
Succeeded by	James W. Patterson
Secretary of State of New Hampshire
	In office; 1846–1847
Preceded by	Thomas P. Treadwell
Succeeded by	Thomas P. Treadwell
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
	In office; 1846
Personal details
Born	May 26, 1813; Meredith, New Hampshire
Died	October 5, 1881 (aged 68); Concord, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Education	Harvard University

George Gilman Fogg (May 26, 1813 – October 5, 1881) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a member of the United States Senate for New Hampshire from 1866 to 1867. From 1861 to 1865, Fogg served as the United States Ambassador to Switzerland. Fogg had previously served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and New Hampshire Secretary of State.

Early life and education

The son of David Fogg and Hannah Gilman Vickery, he was born May 26, 1813, in Meredith, New Hampshire. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1839. He studied law at Meredith and at the Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1842.

Career

After being admitted to the bar, Fogg commenced practice in Gilmanton Ironworks, New Hampshire.

He moved to Concord, New Hampshire, and served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1846. From 1846 to 1847, he served as New Hampshire Secretary of State. He was a newspaper publisher from 1847 to 1861, and reporter of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1856 to 1860.

Fogg was secretary of the Republican National Executive Committee in 1860, and was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Minister Resident to Switzerland, holding that office from 1861 to 1865. He was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Clark and served from August 31, 1866, to March 3, 1867; he was not a candidate for election to the Senate in 1866. Fogg served as a fellow at Bates College from 1875 to 1881.^[1] He was editor of the Concord Daily Monitor and died in Concord in 1881.

References

United States Congress. "George G. Fogg (id: F000234)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

^ General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1863–1915 by Bates College (Lewiston, Me.), Published by The College, 1915)

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Daniel Clark	U.S. senator (Class 3) from New Hampshire 1866–1867 Served alongside: Aaron H. Cragin	Succeeded by James W. Patterson

[1] General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1863–1915 by Bates College (Lewiston, Me.), Published by The College, 1915)

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Class 3	Langdon Sheafe Plumer Parker Cutts Mason Storer Parrott Woodbury Hill Page Pierce Wilcox Atherton Norris Wells J. Bell Clark Fogg Patterson Wadleigh C. Bell Blair Gallinger Drew Moses Brown Tobey Upton Cotton Wyman Cotton Durkin Rudman Gregg Ayotte Hassan

v t e United States Ambassadors to Switzerland
Minister Resident	Fay Fogg Harrington Rublee Cramer Winchester Washburn
Chargé d'Affaires	Fish Cramer Schultz
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Washburn Cheney Broadhead Peak Leishman Hardy Hill Clay Swenson Boutell Stovall Gary Grew Gibson Wilson Harrison Vincent Patterson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Willis Taylor McKinney W. Davis Hayes S. Davis Dominick N. Davis Warner Vine Whittlesey Lodge Whittlesey Winn Gildenhorn Lawrence Kunin Fredericks Reynolds Willeford Coneway Beyer LeVine McMullen Miller

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