Nathaniel Greene Foster

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Nathaniel Greene Foster (born August 25, 1809 in Madison , Morgan County , Georgia , †  October 19, 1869 there ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Foster attended private schools in his youth. He then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens until 1830 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1831, he began to work in Madison in his new profession. In the 1830s he took part in the Second Seminole War as a captain . From 1838 to 1840, Foster was a prosecutor in the Ocmulgee judicial district . In 1840 he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. He then sat in the State Senate from 1841 to 1843 and again between 1851 and 1852 . At that time he was a member of the American Party .

In the congressional elections of 1854 Foster was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded David Addison Reese on March 4, 1855 . Until March 3, 1857, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was determined by the tensions in the run-up to the civil war .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Foster became a member of the Democratic Party . At that time he was also a preacher for the Madison Baptist Church . He held this spiritual office part-time until his death in 1869. In 1867 and 1868, Foster was a judge in the Ocmulgee judicial district. For health reasons he gave up this post in 1868. He died on October 19, 1869 in his hometown of Madison.

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SURNAME Foster, Nathaniel Greene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH near Madison , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1869
Place of death Madison , Georgia