Dwight Foster | |
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| Massachusetts Attorney General | |
| In office 1861–1864 | |
| Governor | John Albion Andrew |
| Preceded by | Stephen Henry Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Chester L. Reed |
| Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
| In office 1866–1869 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Augustus Dewey[1] |
| Succeeded by | Seth Ames |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1828 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 18, 1884 (aged 55) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Rural Cemetery Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Spouse | Henrietta Perkins Baldwin |
| Relations | Theodore Foster Dwight Foster Roger Sherman Baldwin |
| Children | Alfred Dwight Foster Burnside Foster Emily B. Foster Mary Rebecca Foster Henrietta Baldwin Foster Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster Reginald Foster Elizabeth Skinner Foster |
| Alma mater | Yale |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
Dwight Foster (December 13, 1828 – April 18, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served as Massachusetts Attorney General and was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
- ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & CO., p. xxx