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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeEphraim Hubbard FOSTER
(1794-1854)
Senate Years of Service:
1838-1839; 1843-1845Party: Whig; WhigFOSTER, Ephraim Hubbard, a
Senator from Tennessee; born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky.,
September 17, 1794; moved to Tennessee with his parents, who
settled near Nashville, Davidson County, in 1797; completed
preparatory studies and graduated from Cumberland College (later
the University of Nashville) in 1813; studied law; admitted to the
bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Nashville, Tenn.; served in
the Creek War and was private secretary to Gen. Andrew Jackson
1813-1815; member, State house of representatives 1829-1831,
1835-1837, and served as speaker during that time; appointed as a
Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Felix Grundy, and served from September 17, 1838, to
March 3, 1839; was reelected for the term beginning March 4, 1839,
but resigned, not wishing to obey instructions given him by the
State legislature; chairman, Committee on Claims (Twenty-eighth
Congress); elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his successor, Felix Grundy, and served from
October 17, 1843, to March 3, 1845; unsuccessful Whig candidate for
Governor in 1845; resumed the practice of law; died in Nashville,
Tenn., September 6, 1854; interment in the City Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Moore, Powell.
“James K. Polk and the ‘Immortal
Thirteen’.” East Tennessee Historical
Society’s Publications 11 (1939) 20-33.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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