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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.
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 the Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison.
Foster first entered politics as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he held from 1871 to 1879. He next secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and was elected governor in the 1879 general election.
Bibliography. Murray, Melvin L. Charles Foster, Ohio's Master Politician: Congress, Contracts, and Calico. [Fostoria, Ohio]: M.L. Murray, [1997]. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present. Birth Date. 1828-1904. Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Foster won the Ohio governor’s race in 1880 and then won reelection two years later. He chose not to run for reelection in 1884 and turned his attention back to his business interests.
FOSTER, CHARLES, a Representative from Ohio; born near Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, April 12, 1828; moved with his father to Rome, now the city of Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio; attended the common schools until he was twelve years old; engaged in the dry goods business and later banking; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and to the ...
Previously a businessman, a Congressman (1870 - 1879), and the Governor of Ohio (1879 - 1891), Charles Foster (1828 - 1904) was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrison.
