List of United States Political Families (F) - The Fosters

The Fosters

  • Theodore Foster (1752–1828), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1790–1803. Brother of Dwight Foster.
  • Dwight Foster (1757–1823), Justice of the Peace of Worcester County, Massachusetts 1781–1823; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Massachusetts 1792; Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts 1792; Massachusetts State Representative 1791–1792 1808–1809; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1793–1799; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts 1800–1803; Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Massachusetts 1801–1811; Governor's Councilman in Massachusetts. Brother of Theodore Foster.
    • Alfred Dwight Foster (1800–1852), member of the Massachusetts State Representative. Son of Dwight Foster.
      • Dwight Foster (1828–1884), Attorney General of Massachusetts 1861–1864, Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1866–1869. Son of Alfred Dwight Foster.

NOTE: Dwight Foster was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin.

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