Mr. Foerch acquired his education in the public schools of the Town of Union, N. J., whither his parents removed when he was a boy. For a time he was successfully engaged in the manufacture of cigars, but subsequently he devoted himself to music, becoming a teacher of the art and a member of the noted Damrosch Musical Union. His tastes, his environment, and his natural inclinations all fitted him for the musical profession, and in prosecuting it as an instructor and student he has scored marked success and won a high reputation.

As a Democrat he has been prominent and influential in public affairs and a recognized leader of the party in North Bergen, where he resides. He was a member of the Board of Education of that town from 1885 to 1888, and in 1894 was elected a Justice of the Peace, which office he held four years. In 1897 he was elected Township Clerk of North Bergen and in 1900 was re-elected without opposition in the primary election and in the general election, and is still discharging the duties of that position with the same ability, fidelity, and integrity which have characterized his life. In 1898 he was appointed Clerk of the local Board of Health and of the Commissioners of Adjustment of Unpaid Taxes. He is also Secretary of the First Ward Democratic Club of North Bergen and a member of the Gustav Scholp Association, of the Merry Owl Benevolent Association, and of the Local Association, No. 3,502, K. of L., and an honorably discharged member of the Second Regiment, N. G. N. J.