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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Flournoy FOSTER
(1790-1848)
FOSTER, Thomas Flournoy, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Greensboro, Ga., November 23,
1790; pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Franklin
College in 1812; studied law at the Litchfield (Ga.) Law School;
was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in
Greensboro; member of the State house of representatives 1822-1825;
elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first,
Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3,
1835); chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-third
Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the
Twenty-fourth Congress; member of the State convention from Greene
County in 1833 to reduce membership of the general assembly; moved
to Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., in 1835 and continued the
practice of his profession; delegate to a convention at Tuscaloosa,
Ala., in the interest of Gen. William H. Harrison’s candidacy
for President of the United States; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); died in
Columbus, Ga., September 14, 1848; interment in Linwood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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