Martin D. Foster

Martin David Foster ( * September 3, 1861 at West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois, † October 20, 1919 in Olney, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1919 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Martin Foster attended the public schools of his home and the Eureka College, also in Illinois. After a subsequent study medicine at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati and at the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago and his 1884 was admitted as a doctor, he started in Olney to work in this profession. From 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 he was a member of the Federal Committee for practicing physicians. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1895 to 1902 he was mayor of Olney.

In the congressional elections of 1906, Foster was in the 23rd electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Frank S. Dickson on March 4, 1907. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 six legislative periods. In this time of the First World War fell. In 1913 were the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution ratified. Since 1911, Foster was chairman of the Mining Committee. In 1918 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Martin Foster practiced as a doctor again. He died on October 20, 1919 in Olney.