David J. Foster

David J. Foster

David Johnson Foster (born June 27, 1857 in Barnet , Caledonia County , Vermont , † March 21, 1912 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1912 he represented the first constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Foster attended the public schools of his home country and then through 1876 the St. Johnsbury Academy . He then graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) in 1890 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1883, Foster began working in his new profession in Burlington . Between 1886 and 1890 he was a prosecutor in Chittenden County .

Politically, Foster became a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1892 to 1894 . From 1894 to 1898 he was the tax commissioner of the state and from 1898 to 1900 he was chairman of the railway committee. In 1910 and 1911 he led American delegations to the 100th anniversary of Mexico's independence in Mexico City and to an international agricultural assembly in Rome .

In the congressional elections of 1900, Foster was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first district of Vermont. There he took over from H. Henry Powers on March 4, 1901 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following congressional elections up to and including 1910, Foster could remain in Congress until his death on March 21, 1912 . From 1905 to 1911 he was chairman of the committee that controlled the Ministry of Commerce's spending. Between 1909 and 1911 he was also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. David Foster was buried in Burlington.

Web links

• David J. Foster in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David J. Foster in the database of Find a Grave (English)