Lafayette S. Foster
La Fayette S. Foster | |
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office March 7, 1865 – March 2, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Clark |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Wade |
| United States Senator from Connecticut | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Gillette |
| Succeeded by | Orris S. Ferry |
| Mayor of Norwich | |
| In office 1851–1852 | |
| Preceded by | William Alfred Buckingham |
| Succeeded by | William Alfred Buckingham |
| Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1847–1848, 1854, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Cyrus Hall Beardslee |
| Succeeded by | Alfred A. Burnham |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwich | |
| In office May 5, 1870 – July 22, 1870 | |
| In office 1854 – June 8, 1854 | |
| In office May 6, 1846 – June 28, 1848 | |
| In office 1839–1840 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | La Fayette Sabine Foster November 22, 1806 Franklin, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 19, 1880 (aged 73) Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig (Before 1854) Opposition (1854–1860) Republican (1860–1866) Democratic (1866–1880) |
| Spouses | Joanna Boylston Lanman
(m. 1837; died 1859)Martha Prince Lyman (m. 1860) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Brown University (BA, LL.D.) |
| Signature | |
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La Fayette Sabine Foster (November 22, 1806 – September 19, 1880) was an American politician and jurist 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. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1865 to 1867, and was first in the presidential line of succession for most of his tenure, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.