Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster

Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster
Born April 21, 1857
Died February 22, 1924 (aged 66)
Nationality American
Alma mater Boston Latin School
University of Marburg
Yale University
Columbia Law School
Occupation Lawyer
Spouse(s) Laura Pugh Moxley
Parent(s) Dwight Foster
Henrietta Perkins Baldwin
Relatives Roger Sherman Baldwin

Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster (April 21, 1857 - February 22, 1924) was an American lawyer. He was instrumental in getting the charges against the Homestead Strike participants dropped.

Early life and education

Foster was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Dwight Foster and Henrietta Perkins Baldwin,[1] daughter of US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin.[2]

He attended Boston Latin School[3] and the University of Marburg (1873-1874).[4] In 1878, he graduated from Yale University,[5] where he was a member of Skull and Bones and Psi Upsilon Fraternity.[6]

In 1880, he received his L.L.B. from Columbia Law School, and was admitted to the bar.[7] In 1883 he earned his M.A. from Yale.[8]

Career

He began the practice of law in New York City in 1880.[9] In 1888, he lectured at Yale on Federal Jurisprudence.[10] He was appointed by Governor Flower to the Tenement House Commission in 1894.[11]

He was the author of numerous legal pamphlets and treatises. An article he wrote for Albany Law Journal giving his opinion that there was no precedent for treason charges against Homestead Strike participants was instrumental in getting those charges dropped.[12]

Foster died on February 22, 1924.

Family life

Fister was married to Laura Pugh Moxley.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "THE ANCESTRY OF SALLY SLEEPER RUSSELL OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS (1919-1983)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Sherman, Thomas Townsend (1920). Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman. T. A. Wright. p. 346.
  3. ↑ Boston Latin School (Mass.), and, Jenks, Henry Fitch (1886). Catalogue of the Boston Public Latin School, Established in 1635: With an Historical Sketch, Prepared by Henry F. Jenks. Boston Latin School Association. p. 233.
  4. ↑ Psi Upsilon (1888). General Catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Psi Upsilon. p. 248.
  5. ↑ Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor (1877). The Yale Pot-pourri, Volumes 13-16. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Psi Upsilon (1941). Annals of Psi Upsilon, 1833-1941: Including A History of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Written in 1843, by William Taylor. The Story of the Psi Upsilon, by Willard Fiske. The Psi Upsilon Epitome, by Albert P. Jacobs ... and a Directory of Living Members and Their Addresses Compiled by the Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. p. 374.
  7. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1899). Foster genealogy, Part 1. Press o W.B. Conkey company. p. 402.
  8. ↑ Psi Upsilon Fraternity (1917). The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. p. 125.
  9. ↑ Sherman, Thomas Townsend (1920). Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman. T. A. Wright. p. 346.
  10. ↑ Yale University (1902). Catalogue. Yale University. p. 266.
  11. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1899). Foster genealogy, Part 1. Press o W.B. Conkey company. p. 402.
  12. ↑ L.R. Hamersly Company (1909). Albany%20Law%20Journal&f=false Who's who in New York City and State, Volume 4. L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 501.
  13. ↑ "Roger Foster". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

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