Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette Sabine Foster ( born November 22, 1806 Franklin, New London County, Connecticut; † September 19, 1880 in Norwich, Connecticut ) was an American politician, who served during his career, three different parties.
After schooling Foster graduated in 1828 from Brown University in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). There he was in the episode initially worked as a teacher before he returned to Connecticut and studied in Norwich Jura. He then took over the management of a private school in Centreville (Maryland ); in this state he was first taken up in the Bar Association in 1830. The following year, he returned to Norwich, where he was a member of the Federal Bar Association.
His political career began as a member of the Whigs Foster, for their appearing in Connecticut Party newspaper The Republican he was also editor in chief. From 1839 to 1840 he was the first time in the House of Representatives from Connecticut; further terms followed there from 1846 to 1848 and in 1850. Yet he was a total of three years, the Speaker of the Chamber.
1850 and 1851 presented him the Whigs in each case as its candidate for the post of governor on, but Foster lost both times against Thomas H. Seymour. From 1851 to 1852 he held office for as Mayor of Norwich. 1854 Foster was then elected to the U.S. Senate, where he no longer belonged to the Whigs at this time; he had joined the newly formed Republican Party. In 1860 he was elected for six more years in office. During this time he stood before the Pension Committee of the Senate.
As 1865 began the 39th session of Congress, members of the Senate President pro tempore Foster chose. Six weeks later, on April 14, 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. Two of Booth's accomplices had planned to also Vice President Andrew Johnson to kill in this assassination. In this case, Lafayette Foster would be succeeded by the president pro tempore of the Senate to the Presidency; Now he was as Acting Vice-President ( Acting Vice President ).
1867 had to leave the Senate after missed reelection Foster. He took over in 1869 a professor of law at Yale University, but also continued his political activity. He was re-elected in 1870 in the House of Representatives from Connecticut and took over this again the office of the Speaker, but put in the same year from his position to become a judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, Lafayette Foster took the last change his party affiliation and became a Democrat. He was also once set up as a candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, but failed. 1876 Finally, he gave up the office of judge, and retired into private life.