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Foraker, Joseph Benson
Statesman; born near Rainsboro, O., July 5, 1846; graduated at Cornell in 1869 and admitted to the bar the same year.
He enlisted in the 89th Ohio Regiment on July 14, 1862; was made sergeant August, 1862; received the commission of first lieutenant March 14, 1864; elected governor of Ohio in 1885 and 1887, and United States Senator for the term 1897-1903.
In 1900 he was chairman of the committee on Pacific islands and Porto Rico, and a member of the committee on foreign relations.