Lafayette S. Foster

Lafayette S. Foster
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
March 7, 1865 – March 2, 1867
Preceded byDaniel Clark
Succeeded byBenjamin Wade
United States Senator
from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867
Preceded byFrancis Gillette
Succeeded byOrris S. Ferry
Mayor of Norwich
In office
1851–1852
Preceded byWilliam Alfred Buckingham
Succeeded byWilliam Alfred Buckingham
Personal details
Born
Lafayette Sabine Foster

(1806-11-22)November 22, 1806
Franklin, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 19, 1880(1880-09-19) (aged 73)
Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyWhig (Before 1854)
Opposition (1854–1860)
Republican (1860–1866)
Democratic (1866–1880)
SpouseJoanna Boylston Lanman
EducationBrown University (BA)
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Lafayette Sabine Foster (November 22, 1806 – September 19, 1880) was an American politician and lawyer from Connecticut. He served in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1867 and was a judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1870 to 1876.