Education
Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Fouke attended the public schools and became a civil engineer He studied law.
United States representative politician
Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Fouke attended the public schools and became a civil engineer He studied law.
He established and published the Belleville Advocate in 1841. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Belleville. He served as prosecuting attorney for the Kaskaskia district (second circuit) 1846-1850.
He unsuccessfully contested the election of Lyman Trumbull to the Thirty-fourth Congress.
Fouke was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.
During the Civil War he served as colonel of the 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was wounded at the Battle of Belmont. After the war, he engaged in the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia, and died there October 3, 1876.
He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1851.