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  Foster, John W.
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1893-01-01  
 
NameJohn W. Foster
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, Indiana , United States
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Born March 02, 1836
DiedNovember 15, 1917 (81 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedMr. Matt
Feb 25, 2023 11:33am
Tags Army -
InfoDuring the Civil War John Watson Foster served in the Union western armies of Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman, beginning as a major and rising to the rank of general. In his second term, President Grant appointed Foster Minister to Mexico, where he served from 1873 to 1880. President Rutherford B. Hayes subsequently assigned him to Russia. He later became Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.

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Daughter Edith Foster Dulles 1863-1941
Grandson John Foster Dulles 1888-1959
Grandson Allen W. Dulles 1893-1969
Daughter Eleanor Foster Lansing 1866-1934

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  06/29/1892 U. S. Secretary of State Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  02/27/1883 US Ambassador to Spain Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/26/1880 US Ambassador to Russia Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/17/1873 US Ambassador to Mexico Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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