Frederick B. Fancher
Frederick Bartlett Fancher | |
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.jpg) From 1899's Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898 | |
| 7th Governor of North Dakota | |
| In office January 3, 1899 – January 10, 1901 | |
| Lieutenant | Joseph M. Devine |
| Preceded by | Joseph M. Devine |
| Succeeded by | Frank White |
| Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota | |
| In office 1895–1899 | |
| Governor | Roger Allin Frank A. Briggs Joseph M. Devine |
| Preceded by | James Cudhie |
| Succeeded by | George W. Harrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 2, 1852 Orleans County, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1944 (aged 91) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Frederick Bartlett Fancher (April 2, 1852 – January 10, 1944) was an American politician who was the seventh Governor of North Dakota from 1899 to 1901.
Biography
[edit]Frederick B. Fancher was born in Orleans County, New York, on April 2, 1852.[1] Educated in the public schools, he also attended Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He married Florence S. Van Voorhies.[2]
Career
[edit]Working in insurance in Illinois (where his office was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871[3]) and North Dakota, Fancher first entered politics and was President of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention in 1889.[4] He had moved to North Dakota in 1881 and began a large farming operation near Jamestown. He was State Insurance Commissioner from 1895 to 1899 and a trustee board member of the State Hospital for the Insane.[5]
Securing the Republican nomination, he was elected Governor and served from 1899 to January 10, 1901. While he was in that office, a state board of pardons, and a twine plant in the state penitentiary were established. Although renominated at the Republican convention, he withdrew due to ill health.[6]
After leaving office, he moved to Sacramento, California and had a retail and wholesale grocery business until his retirement in 1925.[citation needed]
Death
[edit]Fancher died in Los Angeles, California, on January 10, 1944, at age 91. He is buried in East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, California.[7] He was the last surviving Governor to have served in the 19th century.
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederick B. Fancher - North Dakota Governors Online Exhibit - Exhibits - State Historical Society of North Dakota". www.history.nd.gov. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ NNDB. "Frederick B. Francher". Soylent Communications. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ Trinka, Zena Irma (1920). Out Where the West Begins. St. Paul: The Pioneer Company. p. 382.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Frederick B. Fancher". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "Frederick B Fancher". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ Trinka, Zena Irma (1920). Out Where the West Begins. St. Paul: The Pioneer Company. p. 382.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Frederick B. Fancher". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Biography for Frederick Fancher from the State Historical Society of North Dakota website.
- Frederick Bartlett Fancher at Find a Grave
- The Political Graveyard
- National Governors Association
- Soylent Communications
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