Charles Foster

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35th Governor of Ohio
Charles William Foster, Jr.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th & 10th district
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 (9th) March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 (10th)
Preceded by	Edward F. Dickinson (1871) Erasmus D. Peck (1873)
Succeeded by	James W. Robinson (1873) Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1879)
In office January 12, 1880 – January 14, 1884
Lieutenant	Andrew Hickenlooper
Preceded by	Richard M. Bishop
Succeeded by	George Hoadly
40th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office February 25, 1891 – March 6, 1893
President	Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by	William Windom
Succeeded by	John Griffin Carlisle

Born	April 12 1828(1828-04-12) Tiffin, Ohio
Died	January 9 1904 (aged 75) Springfield, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Profession	Banker

Charles William Foster, Jr. (April 12, 1828 – January 9, 1904) was a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio. Foster was the 35th Governor of Ohio, and later went on to serve as Secretary of the Treasury under Benjamin Harrison.

Foster was born outside of Tiffin, Ohio, and grew up in the western Seneca County boomtown of Rome. This town would merge in 1854 with the nearby town of Risdon to form one city, named Fostoria in honor of Foster, who would be elected the new city's first mayor.[1] He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1879. He was defeated for re-election in 1878, but was elected to the governorship a year later, serving two two-year terms between 1880 and 1884. Foster was unsuccessful in a bid to return to the House in 1890, but was appointed by Benjamin Harrison a year later to become Secretary of the Treasury upon the death of William Windom. Foster served out the remainder of Harrison's term before retiring. From 1891 to 1893, future Postmaster General Robert Wynne served as his personal secretary.

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Preceded by Edward F. Dickinson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Succeeded by James W. Robinson
Preceded by Erasmus D. Peck	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	Succeeded by Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Preceded by Richard M. Bishop	Governor of Ohio January 12, 1880 – January 14, 1884	Succeeded by George Hoadly
Preceded by William Windom	United States Secretary of the Treasury February 25, 1891 – March 6, 1893	Succeeded by John G. Carlisle