Dwight Foster (1757–1823)

Dwight Foster ( born December 7, 1757 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † April 29, 1823 ibid ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party), who represented the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress.

After completing his school education, Dwight Foster visited the College in the English Colony of Rhode Iceland and Providence Plantations in Providence, today Brown University, where he made his degree in 1774. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1778 and commenced practice in Providence. Later, he was from 1781 to 1823 Justice of the Peace in Worcester County; in 1792, he served there as sheriff. At this time he was also a judge at the Special Court of Common Pleas of Massachusetts.

From 1791 to 1792 Foster took over as deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts his first political office. He then moved as a representative of the second electoral district of Massachusetts a House of Representatives of the United States, which met in Philadelphia at that time yet. In 1795 he moved to the fourth district. In the House, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Claims. Foster laid down his mandate on June 6, 1800 to enter the U.S. Senate, where he succeeded the retiring Samuel Dexter. On March 2, 1803 Foster then retired at his own request from the Senate.

At this time, he served as Supreme Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of his home state since 1801, which he remained until 1811. He was from 1808 to 1809 and again deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Later he became a member of the advisory board of the governor of Massachusetts and still practiced more offices at the local and state level.

Dwight Foster died in 1823 in his hometown of Brookfield. His older brother Theodore was also a U.S. Senator, but for the state of Rhode Iceland. His grandson, also named Dwight Foster, embarked on a legal career and was from 1861 to 1864 Attorney General of Massachusetts.