Samuel C. Forker

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(March 16, 1821 — February 10, 1900) Forker was a banker and politician. Samuel Carr Forker was born in Burlington County, New Jersey. He worked as a banker and the director and cashier of the Bordentown Banking Company before being elected to Congress. Forker was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, Forker moved back to New Jersey where he worked as a banker until his death in 1900. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000274]

Member of New Jersey Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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