Reuben Eaton Fenton (New York entrepreneur and politician)
b. 1819-07-04 d. 1885-08-25
New York entrepreneur and politician. Chautauqua County, New York, native. Worked in the lumber industry. Worked as a land speculator. Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1853 to 1855 as a Free Soil Democrat. Founding member of the New York Republican Party in 1855. Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1857 to 1864 as a Republican. Governor of the State of New York from 1865 to 1868.
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Bibliography
Gregory P. Rabb, "Reuben E. Fenton," ( https://hallofgovernors.ny.gov/ReubenFenton) (accessed May 4, 2017).
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Fenton, Reuben Eaton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212937 (November 12, 2026).
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