Keywords: Lafayette S. Foster - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon Lafayette Sabine Foster of Connecticut Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 02138 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 4938 B <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cwpbh 02138 Lafayette Sabin Foster was born in Franklin New London County November 22 1806 A lawyer by profession he spent most of his career in politics He was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly 1839 40 1846 48 1854 1870 He was a candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 1850 and 1851 Mayor of Norwich CT 1851 52; US Senator from CT 1855 67; Justice of the Connecticut State Supreme Court 1870 76; and candidate for the US House of Representatives from Connecticut 1874 He died in Norwich CT Sept 19 1880 This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy DEFAULTSORT Foster Lafayette S Senators of the United States from Connecticut Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Alumni of Brown University 1806 births 1880 deaths Franklin Connecticut Norwich Connecticut People from New London County Connecticut Black and white photographic portraits of men Photographs by Mathew Brady Lafayette Studio |