Theodore Foster

Theodore Foster ( * April 29, 1752 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † January 13, 1828 in Providence, Rhode Iceland ) was an American politician who represented the state of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. Senate.

Foster studied the classical Ancient Studies at Rhode Iceland College, now Brown University, where he made his degree in 1770. A law school joined them. After he was admitted to the bar, he began practicing as a lawyer in Providence.

Between 1775 and 1790, Foster held several public offices in Rhode Iceland. He belonged from 1776 to 1782 the House of Representatives of the State of. In 1785 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Admiralty.

On 7 June 1790, he eventually moved as the first representative of his state in addition to Joseph Stanton in the U.S. Senate, the elected him the state Legislature of Rhode Iceland two more times. Ultimately, he belonged to the Congress as a member of the Federalists to March 3, 1803. He then retired to private life in order to devote himself to his literary work and historical research. He also belonged to the governing body of Brown University.

In 1812 he returned again for a four-year term in the state House of Representatives in the Policy. He spent his final years in the town named after him Foster.