Charles Foster (Ohio politician)

Charles William Foster, Jr.


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Edward F. Dickinson
Succeeded by	James Wallace Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Erasmus D. Peck
Succeeded by	Thomas Ewing, Jr.
35th Governor of Ohio
In office January 12, 1880 – January 14, 1884
Lieutenant	Andrew Hickenlooper
Preceded by	Richard M. Bishop
Succeeded by	George Hoadly
40th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office February 25, 1891 – March 6, 1893
President	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	William Windom
Succeeded by	John G. Carlisle
Personal details
Born	(1828-04-12)April 12, 1828 Tiffin, Ohio
Died	January 9, 1904(1904-01-09) (aged 75) Springfield, Ohio
Resting place	Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Ann M. Olmstead (1827–1916)
Children	Jessie, Anna
Profession	Banker
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Charles William Foster, Jr. (April 12, 1828 – January 9, 1904) was a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio. Foster was the 35th Governor of Ohio, and later went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison.

Biography

Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Foster as Secretary of the Treasury.

Foster was born outside of Tiffin, Ohio, and grew up in the western Seneca County boomtown of Rome. This town would merge in 1854 with the nearby town of Risdon to form one city, named Fostoria in honor of Charles W. Foster, Sr., his father. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1879. He was defeated for re-election in 1878, but was elected to the governorship a year later, serving two two-year terms between 1880 and 1884. Foster was unsuccessful in a bid to return to the House in 1890, but was appointed by Benjamin Harrison a year later to become Secretary of the Treasury upon the death of William Windom. Foster served out the remainder of Harrison's term before retiring. From 1891 to 1893, future Postmaster General Robert Wynne served as his personal secretary. Charles Foster was married November 7, 1853 to Ann M. Olmstead of Fremont, Ohio. They had two daughters, Jessie and Anna.^[1]

Death

In January 1904, Foster planned to attend the inauguration of Governor Myron T. Herrick. He stopped overnight at the home of his old friend, General J. Warren Keifer, in Springfield, Ohio. He died at Keifer's home the next day, January 9, 1904.^[2]

Notes

↑ Seneca County 1902 : 184
↑ Foraker 1917 vol. 2 : 126

References

United States Congress. "Charles Foster (id: F000299)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
A centennial biographical history of Seneca County, Ohio. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1902. pp. 176–185.
Foraker, Joseph Benson (1917). Notes of a Busy Life. 2 (3 ed.). Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd.

External links

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Charles Foster entry at the National Governors Association
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"Foster, Charles". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.

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Offices and distinctions

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward F. Dickinson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district March 4, 1871–March 3, 1873	Succeeded by James W. Robinson
Preceded by Erasmus D. Peck	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district March 4, 1873–March 3, 1879	Succeeded by Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Party political offices
Preceded by William H. West	Republican Party nominee for Governor of Ohio 1879, 1881	Succeeded by Joseph B. Foraker
Preceded by Richard M. Bishop	Governor of Ohio 1880–1884	Succeeded by George Hoadly

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Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Ohio

Governors	Tiffin Kirker Huntington Meigs Looker Worthington E. Brown Trimble Morrow Trimble McArthur Lucas Vance Shannon Corwin Shannon T. Bartley M. Bartley Bebb Ford Wood Medill Chase Dennison Tod Brough Anderson J. D. Cox Hayes Noyes Allen Hayes Young Bishop Foster Hoadly Foraker Campbell McKinley Bushnell Nash Herrick Pattison Harris Harmon J. M. Cox Willis J. M. Cox Davis Donahey Cooper White Davey Bricker Lausche Herbert Lausche J. Brown O'Neill DiSalle Rhodes Gilligan Rhodes Celeste Voinovich Hollister Taft Strickland Kasich

Lieutenant Governors	Medill Myers Ford Welker Kirk Stanton Anderson McBurney Lee Mueller Hart Young Curtiss Fitch Hickenlooper Richards Warwick Kennedy Conrad Lyon Lampson Marquis Harris Jones Caldwell Nippert Gordon Harding Harris Treadway Pomerene Nichols Greenlund Arnold Bloom C. Brown Bloom Lewis Bloom Pickrel Braden J. T. Brown Pickrel Sawyer Mosier Yoder Herbert Nye Herbert Nye J. W. Brown Herbert Donahey J. W. Brown Celeste Voinovich Shoemaker Leonard DeWine Hollister O'Connor Bradley Johnson Fisher Taylor

United States Secretaries of the Treasury

18th century	Hamilton Wolcott Dexter

19th century	Gallatin Campbell Dallas Crawford Rush Ingham McLane Duane Taney Woodbury Ewing Forward Spencer Bibb Walker Meredith Corwin Guthrie Cobb Thomas Dix Chase Fessenden McCulloch Boutwell Richardson Bristow Morrill Sherman Windom Folger Gresham McCulloch Manning Fairchild Windom Foster Carlisle Gage

20th century	Shaw Cortelyou MacVeagh McAdoo Glass Houston Mellon Mills Woodin Morgenthau Vinson Snyder Humphrey Anderson Dillon Fowler Barr Kennedy Connally Shultz Simon Blumenthal Miller Regan Baker Brady Bentsen Rubin Summers

21st century	O'Neill Snow Paulson Geithner Lew Mnuchin (nominee)

Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893)

Secretary of State	James G. Blaine (1889–1892) John W. Foster (1892–1893)

Secretary of the Treasury	William Windom (1889–1891) Charles W. Foster (1891–1893)

Secretary of War	Redfield Proctor (1889–1891) Stephen B. Elkins (1891–1893)

Attorney General	William Henry Harrison Miller (1889–1893)

Postmaster General	John Wanamaker (1889–1893)

Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin F. Tracy (1889–1893)

Secretary of the Interior	John W. Noble (1889–1893)

Secretary of Agriculture	Jeremiah M. Rusk (1889–1893)

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district

Beecher Irvin Chaney Medill Florence Perrill Edwards Olds Green Watson Hall Carey Noble Buckland Dickinson Foster J. W. Robinson Poppleton Jones Converse J. S. Robinson Cooper Outhwaite Ritchie Southard Sherwood Chalmers Sherwood Chalmers White Duffey Hunter Ramey Burke Reams Ashley Weber Kaptur

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district

Patterson Jennings Shannon Davenport Kennon Vance Mason H. A. Moore Stone Delano Duncan Sweetser Taylor O. F. Moore Miller Trimble Ashley Hoag Peck C. Foster Ewing Rice Hurd Romeis Haynes Doan Enochs Bundy Fenton Morgan Bannon Johnson Switzer I. Foster Jenkins Moeller Abele Moeller Miller Hoke Kucinich Turner

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 112430191 LCCN: n95120116 US Congress: F000299

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