Israel Moore Foster
U.S. Congressperson
1873 – 1950
Who was Israel Moore Foster?
Israel Moore Foster was a Republican Representative in the United States Congress from the State of Ohio.
Born in Athens, Ohio, Foster attended the public schools, and graduated from the Ohio University at Athens in 1895. He studied law at the Harvard Law School in 1895 and 1896, and graduated from the Ohio State Law School in 1898, commencing practice the same year in Athens, Ohio.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Athens County from 1902 to 1910. He served as member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Ohio University for twenty-four years, and was Secretary of the Republican State central committee in 1912. After graduating from the Ohio University in 1895, he studied law at the Harvard Law School in 1895 and 1896 before graduating from the Ohio State University College of Law in 1898.
He practiced law in Athens and became the prosecuting attorney of Athens County from 1902 to 1910. He also served as a member and secretary of the board of trustees of Ohio University for 24 years and was secretary of the Republican State Central Committee in 1912.
Foster was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924. While in Congress, he is best known for proposing the Child Labor Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1873
Athens - Also known as
- Israel M. Foster
- Israel Foster
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Harvard Law School
- Moritz College of Law
- Ohio University
- Lived in
- Athens
- Died
- Jun 10, 1950
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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