Lafayette S. Foster

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Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.

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instanceOf American politician
United States senator
human
burialPlace Yantic Cemetery
canonizationStatus not canonized
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1806-11-22
dateOfDeath 1880-09-19
educatedAt Brown University
Wesleyan University
endTime term as President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate ended in 1867
term as U.S. Senator from Connecticut ended in 1867
familyName Foster
givenName Lafayette
honorificPrefix Senator
memberOf Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut State Senate
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party

Whig Party
nativeLanguage English
notableWork editor of the Republican newspaper in Norwich, Connecticut
occupation journalist
judge
lawyer
politician
participantIn American Civil War era politics
placeOfBirth Franklin, Connecticut
placeOfDeath Norwich, Connecticut
positionHeld Mayor of Norwich, Connecticut
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
United States senator
religion Congregationalism
represented Connecticut
residence Norwich, Connecticut
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary L. Preston
startTime term as President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate began in 1865
term as U.S. Senator from Connecticut began in 1855
workLocation Connecticut
Norwich, Connecticut

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Bacon Academy hasAlumnus Lafayette S. Foster
Yantic Cemetery hasNotableBurial Lafayette Foster
linked to: Lafayette S. Foster