George Peter Foster
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George Peter Foster | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | James McAndrews |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Wharton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh R. Belknap |
| Succeeded by | William Warfield Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 3, 1858 Dover, New Jersey |
| Died | November 11, 1928 (aged 70) Wheaton, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
George Peter Foster (April 3, 1858 – November 11, 1928) was a U.S. representative from Illinois.
Born in Dover, New Jersey, Foster moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1867. He attended the public schools and the University of Chicago. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago. He was in the Justice of the Peace for the town of South Chicago 1891–1899. He was acting police magistrate of the principal police court of the city 1893–1899.
Foster was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904. He resumed the practice of law. He served as assistant corporation counsel of Chicago from 1912 to 1922. He retired from active pursuits in 1928 and moved to Wheaton, Illinois, where he died November 11, 1928. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Chicago.
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[edit]- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 21. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- United States Congress. "George Peter Foster (id: F000303)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1858 births
- 1928 deaths
- People from Dover, New Jersey
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
- Politicians from Chicago
- People from Wheaton, Illinois
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives