American politician
David Johnson Foster
(June 27, 1857 ? March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a
U.S. Representative
from
Vermont
.
Biography
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Foster was born in
Barnet, Vermont
, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) Foster. He attended the public schools in Barnet and graduated from
St. Johnsbury Academy
in 1876 and
Dartmouth College
in
Hanover, New Hampshire
, in 1880.
[1]
He studied law and was
admitted to the bar
in 1883. He began the practice of law in
Burlington, Vermont
. Foster served as
Chittenden County
State's Attorney
from 1886 until 1890.
[2]
He served as a member of the Vermont State Senate from 1892 until 1894.
[3]
Foster was the first president of the Young Men's Republican Club of Vermont, which was organized in 1894.
[4]
He was state tax commissioner from 1894 until 1898.
[5]
He served as chairman of the board of railroad commissioners from 1898 until 1900,
[6]
and as chairman of the commission representing the United States at the first Centennial of the Independence of Mexico at Mexico City in 1910. Foster was the chairman of the United States delegation to the general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome in May 1911.
[7]
Foster was elected as a
Republican
candidate to the
Fifty-seventh
and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1901, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 1912.
[8]
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor during the
Fifty-ninth
,
Sixtieth
and
Sixty-first
Congresses. He served as the chairman on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Sixty-first Congress.
Foster was interred in
Lakeview Cemetery
in Burlington, Vermont.
Personal life
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Foster married Mabel M. Allen Foster in 1883. They had three children together, Mabel Foster, Mathilde Foster and Mildred Foster.
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See also
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References
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"david johnson foster"
. Library of Congress
. Retrieved
December 21,
2012
.
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"David J. Foster"
. Our Campaigns
. Retrieved
December 21,
2012
.
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"Foster, David Johnson (1857-1912)"
. The Political Graveyard
. Retrieved
December 21,
2012
.
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Forbes, Charles S. (1898).
The Vermonter, Volumes 4-5
. Charles S. Forbes. p. 232.
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"120 Buell Street"
. University of Vermont
. Retrieved
December 21,
2012
.
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Vermont. General Assembly (1899).
Journal of the Senate of Vermont
. Vermont. General Assembly. p. 359.
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United States. Congress (2005).
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005
. Government Printing Office. p. 1075.
ISBN
9780160731761
.
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"Rep. David Foster"
. Govtrack.us
. Retrieved
December 21,
2012
.
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Vermont Historical Society (1918).
Vermont history
. Vermont Historical Society. p. 122.
Further reading
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- "The Vermonter, Volumes 4-5"
by Charles S. Forbes, 1898.
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress