Hon. Lafayette Sabin FOSTER

1806 - 1880  (73 years)

• Name	Lafayette Sabin FOSTER  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Hon.
  Birth	22 Nov 1806	Franklin, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Sep 1880  [1, 3]
  Notes	Excerpts from "The Ladd Family" by Warren Ladd: " His education was begun in the common schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he entered upon his preparation for college, under the tuition of the Rev. Abel Flint, D.D., of Hartford, with whom he studied for nine months. In 1824 he completed his preparatory studies with the Rev. Cornelius B. Everest, of Windham, and in Feb. 1825, he served Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island, where he graduated in September, 1825, with the highest honors of his class. He studied law in the office of Judge Calvin Goddard, at Norwich, Conn., and was admitted to the bar of New London County at the November term of the court in 1831. In the Spring of 1839 he was chosen one of the representatives of the town of Norwich in the General Assembly of the State. This honor was repeated in the years of 1840, 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1854. In 1847, he was chosen Speaker for the third time, and on the 19th of May, 1854, he was elected a Senator of the United States, and on the 8th of June the same year he resigned his office of Speaker and his seat in the House. On the 10th of May, 1860, Mr. Foster was returned to the Senate for a second term of six years. On the 6th of March, 1865, Mr. Foster, who had been often called to the chair, and was the favorite presiding officer, was chosen President pro tem of the Senate. Upon the assassination of President Lincoln, some six weeks afterwards, he became acting Vice-President of the United States. This position he held for nearly two years, until the close of his senatorial term. Mr. Foster cherished a peculiar, tender affection for his mother, and his care of her and his only sister throughout their lives was unceasing. It is said by those who knew both Mr. Foster and his mother intimately, that he strongly resembled her in some of his intellectual traits. We are indebted for the above facts in regard to Mr. Foster to a very able and elaborate "Memorial Sketch" of him, written by W.H.W. Campbell, and printed by Rand & Avery in Boston, in 1881.
  Person ID	I22941	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Capt Daniel FOSTER,   b. 22 Jul 1744, Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut d. 28 Jan 1824, Franklin, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Welthea Almira LADD,   b. 09 Mar 1763, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Feb 1851, Franklin, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	12 Feb 1803	Franklin, New London Co., Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F09716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna Boylston LANMAN,   b. 29 Mar 1808   d. 11 Apr 1859 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	02 Oct 1837  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F08479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Prince LYMAN
  Marriage	4 Oct 1860  [3]
  Family ID	F43886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Nov 1806 - Franklin, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S03461] The Ladd Family by Warren Ladd. [S02652] Russell L. Warner, Mayflower Families in Progress: Myles Standish of the Mayflower and His Descendants for 5 Generations, (Name: Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1996;;). [S13010] Frederick Clifton Pierce, FOSTER Genealogy being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald FOSTER.