Lafayette S. Foster

LaFayette S. Foster
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	LaFayette Sabine Foster (1806-11-22)November 22, 1806 Franklin, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	September 19, 1880(1880-09-19) (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.)
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LaFayette Sabine Foster^{[note 1]} (November 22, 1806 – September 19, 1880) was an American statesman 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. Elected as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate six weeks prior to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, he was the acting Vice President of the United States after Lincoln's death for nearly two years, and received the salary of the position.

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