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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Hopkins FOSTER
(1862-1917)
FOSTER, John Hopkins, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Evansville, Vanderburg County,
Ind., January 31, 1862; attended the common schools of his native
city and was graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in
1882 and from the law department of Columbian University (now
George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1884; was
admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced the practice of his
profession in Evansville, Ind.; member of the State house of
representatives in 1893; judge of the superior court of Vanderburg
County 1896-1905; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A.
Hemenway; reelected to the Sixtieth Congress and served from May
16, 1905, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Evansville, Ind., where he died September 5, 1917; interment in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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