A. Lawrence Foster

'Abel Lawrence Foster' (Sept. 17, 1802 in Littleton, MA - May 21, 1877 in Washington D.C.) was a United States Representative from New York State.

He studied law in Vernon, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Morrisville about 1827.

Foster was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Twenty-seventh Congress). He settled permanently in Virginia.

References

A. Lawrence Foster at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

A. Lawrence Foster biography at the Political Graveyard
Foster Genealogy on Google Books

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by [[]]	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ? – ?	Succeeded by [[]]

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Name	Foster, A. Lawrence
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Date of birth	1802
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