Eugene Foss
| Eugene Foss | |
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| 45th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 5, 1911 – January 8, 1914 |
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| Lieutenant |
Louis A. Frothingham Robert Luce David I. Walsh |
| Preceded by | Eben Sumner Draper |
| Succeeded by | David I. Walsh |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th district |
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In office March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | William C. Lovering |
| Succeeded by | Robert O. Harris |
| Personal details | |
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Eugene Noble Foss September 24, 1858 St. Albans, Vermont |
| Died | September 13, 1939 (aged 80) Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party |
Republican Democratic (1909–1914) |
| Children | Esther Foss Moore |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont |
Eugene Noble Foss (September 24, 1858 – September 13, 1939), was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. Foss controlled a Boston-based industrial ventilation equipment manufacturer, and was active in both the Republican and Democratic parties. He was briefly a member of the United States House of Representatives, and served as the 45th Governor of Massachusetts (1911–13). He was generally pro-business and anti-labor, but was in favor of reduced tariffs, particularly for trade with Canada.
Eugene Noble Foss was born on September 24, 1858, to George Edmund Foss and Marcia (Noble) Foss in West Berkshire, Vermont, a small town near the Canada–US border. Foss's father was a politically active manager at the St. Albans Manufacturing Company. The family moved to St. Albans when he was ten. Foss was educated in local schools, and then attended Franklin County Academy before enrolling in the University of Vermont. He left the university after two years to pursue business interests. Foss's brother, George Edmund Foss, became a lawyer and politician in Illinois.
Foss first worked as a traveling salesman, selling lumber-drying technology developed at his father's company to companies further west. He was also retained by the B. F. Sturtevant Company of Boston to sell its mill-related equipment. His success in this role prompted Benjamin F. Sturtevant, the latter company's owner, to offer Foss a management job at Boston facilities in 1882. The company, which started out producing industrial ventilation equipment, diversified into other industrial equipment. Foss married Sturtevant's daughter Lilla on June 12, 1884, and became the company president after his father-in-law died in 1890. Under Foss's stewardship the company expanded, opening offices in other countries. He resigned as president in 1909 to pursue political activities.
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