George Franklin Fort

George Franklin Fort (June 30, 1809 – April 22, 1872) was a medical doctor, judge, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 16th Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

Early life George Franklin Fort was born on June 30, 1809, near Pemberton, New Jersey. His father, Andrew Fort, was a wealthy farmer in New Hanover Township. The Joint Companies exercised tremendous economic leverage and dominated state politics at the time, primarily through the Democratic Party. Anna was the daughter of Samuel G. Wright, an iron manufacturer who represented Monmouth County in the New Jersey Legislative Council at the time; Wright was elected to a term in the United States House of Representatives as a Whig but served only four months before his death in 1845. He was buried in the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Pemberton.

Publications Early History of Antiquities of Freemasonry (1875) A Historical Treatise on Early Builders' Marks'