Member Biography

Henry Humbert Fore 

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1833-1834       22 Democrat
1834-1835       22 Democrat
1835-1836       22 Democrat
1836-1837       22 Whig

COUNTIES: Bedford, Somerset  


Biography

01/06/1796 - 06/05/1879



 Henry Humbert Fore (D22) Bedford and Somerset Counties 1833-1836 (Whig22) Bedford and Somerset Counties 1836-1837

Early Life:

Henry Humbert Fore, born January 6, 1796, McConnellsburg, Bedford County (now Fulton County), Pennsylvania; son of Jacob and Maria Eve Humbert Fore; engaged, farming; married, Hanna E. Hoke, 1830, children, Anna R. Fore, Sophia Fore Hicks, Maria Louisa Fore, James Henry Fore, Margaret Catherine Fore, Allen Fore, Mary Ellen Fore, Charles Penrose Fore; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1833-1836, switched parties, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1836-1837; moved, Des Moines Township, Clark County, Missouri; died, June 5, 1879 (aged 83), Clark County, Missouri; interment, Wolf Cemetery, Saint Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Bedford and Somerset Counties, 1833-1836, switched parties, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Bedford and Somerset Counties, 1836-1837.

Legacy:

Jacob Fore, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, Democratic-Republican, 1804-1805, Democrat, 1822-1823.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

Henry H. Fore (1796-1879) - Find a Grave Memorial