Foster, Lafayette Sabine (11/22/1806-09/19/1880)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Editor, jurist, U.S. Senator
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: Ex-officio as president pro Tempore of Senate and acting vice-president of the United States

Subject

  • Foster, Lafayette Sabine
  • Board of Regents
  • United States. Office of the Vice President
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Slater Memorail Museum; United States Capitol; Brown University, RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Acting Vice President (Republican)

Notes

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Six volumes. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888-1889. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1968; Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States (from the first through the ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 04/15/1865-03/1867

Topic

  • Politicians
  • Regents
  • Connecticut

Place

Connecticut

Form/Genre

Biographies

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