Ephraim H. Foster

Ephraim Hubbard Foster ( * September 17, 1794 in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky; † September 6, 1854 in Nashville, Tennessee ) was an American politician of the Whig party.

The originating from the Kentucky Foster family moved to Tennessee when he was still a child, and settled in Nashville. He graduated in 1813 at Cumberland College and was accepted after a successful law degree in 1820 in the Bar Association. As a result, he first served as a soldier in the war against the Creek; later, he was for a time private secretary of General Andrew Jackson.

Politically, Foster operated first at the state level in the House of Representatives from Tennessee, where he served from 1829 to 1831 and again from 1835 to 1837, where he held the position of each speaker. Following the appointment of U.S. Senator Felix Grundy to the Attorney General of the United States Foster in 1838 elected by the state legislature of Tennessee as his successor in the Senate. His began on September 17, 1838 term of office ended on 3 March 1839. Renewed election by the parliament of his country, he did not attend because he was not ready to orient his voting record according to their instructions. So instead, Felix Grundy returned to his former Senate seat.

The following year, however, Grundy died. Alfred OP Nicholson became the successor, but only on an interim basis. As a result, the seat was vacant even for some time before the members of the state Legislature agreed careful to choose Ephraim Foster a second time. He took office on October 17, 1843 and remained until March 3, 1845 in Washington.

After his retirement from the Senate Foster was nominated by the Whigs for the election for governor of Tennessee. However, he was defeated by Democrat Aaron V. Brown and then ended his political career in order to return to work as a lawyer. A short time after he had sat down to rest, Ephraim Foster died in Nashville.