Samuel Carr Forker was a Democratic Party

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 politician

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 who represented New Jersey

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's 2nd congressional district

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 in the United States House of Representatives

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 from 1871-1873.

Forker was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

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 on March 16, 1821. He completed preparatory studies, moved to Bordentown, New Jersey

Bordentown, New Jersey

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 and engaged in bank

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ing. He was director and cashier of the Bordentown Banking Co.

Forker was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress

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, serving in office from March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress

43rd United States Congress

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.

After leaving Congress, he again engaged in banking. He moved to Delanco Township, New Jersey

Delanco Township, New Jersey

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 in 1890, and lived in retirement with his son until his death in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey

Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey

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 on February 10, 1900, and was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery

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External links

• Samuel Carr Forker at The Political Graveyard
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