Ephraim H. Foster

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Ephraim Hubbard Foster
United States Senator
from Tennessee
In office
September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839
October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byFelix Grundy
Alfred O. P. Nicholson
Succeeded byFelix Grundy
Hopkins L. Turney
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1829-1831
1835-1837
Personal details
Born(1794-09-17)September 17, 1794
Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1854(1854-09-06) (aged 59)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyWhig
SpouseJane M. Foster
RelativesMark R. Cockrill (son-in-law)
Benjamin F. Cockrill Jr. (grandson)
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Ephraim Hubbard Foster (September 17, 1794 – September 6, 1854) was an American politician, who twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party.

Biography

Foster was born near

General Andrew Jackson
.

He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831 and again from 1835 to 1837, serving each time as Speaker. Upon the resignation from the U.S. Senate of Felix Grundy to accept appointment as United States Attorney General, the Tennessee General Assembly elected Foster his successor. He served in the Senate for the first time from September 17, 1838, to March 3, 1839. The legislature elected him to continue in the new term, but he declined, refusing to take their instruction in how to vote while a Senator; the legislature then turned to Grundy, still Attorney General, to succeed him, which (controversially) Grundy agreed to do.

However, Grundy died in office about a year later.

Democratic Party
. Following this, Foster returned to his Nashville law practice until shortly before his death. He is buried in the old City Cemetery in Nashville.

His only daughter Sallie married Benjamin F. Cockrill, the son of planter Mark R. Cockrill, and they had a son, Benjamin F. Cockrill Jr.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-08
  3. Newspapers.com
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Party political offices
Preceded by Whig nominee for Governor of Tennessee
1845 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 1) from Tennessee
September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839
Served alongside: Hugh L. White 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 1) from Tennessee
October 17, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Served alongside: Spencer Jarnagin 		Succeeded by
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