William Walker Foulkrod

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William W. Foulkrod (November 22, 1846 – November 13, 1910) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William Walker Foulkrod was born in Frankford, then a borough outside Philadelphia. He was engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business and the manufacture of hosiery. He was president of the Philadelphia Trades League, and interested in plans for the improvement of the Delaware River and Channel.

Foulkrod was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served until his death in Frankford. He had been an unsuccessful candidate for reelection just a few days before. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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• William W. Foulkrod at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Edward de Veaux Morrell

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 1907–1910

Succeeded by Michael Donohoe