Henry Allen Foster (May 7, 1800 – May 11, 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839 and was briefly a United States senator from 1844 to 1845.
13-422: Henry Foster may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] Henry A. Foster (1800–1889), American politician from New York Henry Donnel Foster (1808–1880), American politician from Pennsylvania Henry Foster (Australian politician) (1846–1902), Australian politician for electoral district of Gippsland East Characters [ edit ] Henry Foster,
26-605: A character from Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World Henry Foster, a former character from the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street Others [ edit ] Henry Foster (scientist) (1797–1831), British naval officer, explorer and scientist Henry Foster (doctor) , failed nominee to the position of Surgeon General of the United States Harry Foster (cricketer) (1873–1950), British cricketer, real name: Henry Henry Foster (clergyman) , founding member of
39-685: A one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually. On April 5, 1842, the Legislature enacted that future state elections be held on a single day, fixing the date on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. State Senator John W. Taylor resigned on August 19, 1842, leaving a vacancy in the Fourth District. At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and
52-721: The New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 3 to April 18, 1843, during the first year of William C. Bouck 's governorship, in Albany . Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1821, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in eight senatorial districts for four-year terms. They were divided into four classes, and every year eight Senate seats came up for election. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to
65-797: The Whig Party . The radical abolitionists appeared as the Liberty Party . On September 7, 1842, the Democratic state convention met at Syracuse , and nominated again William C. Bouck for governor, and Daniel S. Dickinson for lieutenant governor. On the same day, the Whig state convention nominated Lt. Gov. Luther Bradish for governor, and State Senator Gabriel Furman for lieutenant governor. The Liberty Party nominated Alvan Stewart for governor, and Charles O. Shepard for lieutenant governor. The state election
78-498: The Eclectic Society Henry Foster, founder of Charles River Laboratories and father of the company's current chairman and CEO, James C. Foster See also [ edit ] Henry Foster Adams (1882–1973), psychologist and writer Harry Foster (disambiguation) Henry Forster (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
91-516: The Legislature elected Edwin Croswell (D) to succeed Thurlow Weed as State Printer. On February 6, the Legislature re-elected State Treasurer Thomas Farrington (D). On February 7, the Legislature re-elected U.S. Senator Silas Wright, Jr. to a six-year term beginning on March 4, 1843. The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. John A. Lott and Carlos P. Scovil changed from
104-576: The Senate. Putnam was a Whig, the other eight were Democrats. The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1843; and adjourned on April 18. George R. Davis (D) was elected Speaker with 89 votes against 32 for Willis Hall (W). Henry N. Wales (D) was elected Clerk of the Assembly with 91 votes against 35 for Philander B. Prindle (W). On January 21,
117-509: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Foster&oldid=1042276336 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry A. Foster His family moved to Cazenovia, New York when he
130-515: Was a boy. He was admitted to the bar in 1822, and commenced practice in Rome, New York. He was Surrogate Judge of Oneida County from 1827 to 1831, and from 1835 to 1839, and Rome's Town Supervisor from 1829 to 1830, and from 1833 to 1834. He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th District) from 1831 to 1834, and from 1841 to 1844, sitting in the 54th , 55th , 56th , 57th , 64th , 65th , 66th and 67th New York State Legislatures . Foster
143-752: Was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (5th D.) from 1864 to 1871, and was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1870. He was later President of the Board of Trustees of Hamilton College and Vice President of the American Colonization Society . He died on May 11, 1899, and was buried at the Rome Cemetery in Rome, New York. 66th New York State Legislature The 66th New York State Legislature , consisting of
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#1732854873142156-544: Was elected as a Democrat to the 25th United States Congress , holding office from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law in Rome, New York. He was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas Wright , and served from November 30, 1844, to January 27, 1845, when a successor was elected by the State Legislature. He
169-405: Was held on November 8, 1842. William C. Bouck and Daniel S. Dickinson were elected governor and lieutenant governor. Abraham A. Deyo (2nd D.), John C. Wright (3rd D.), Sidney Lawrence , Thomas B. Mitchell (both 4th D.), Calvin T. Chamberlain (6th D.), John Porter (7th D.), Harvey Putnam (8th D.), and assemblymen John A. Lott (1st D.) and Carlos P. Scovil (5th D.) were elected to
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