1. Theodore Foster was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island.
20 Facts About Theodore Foster
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Theodore Foster was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party.
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Theodore Foster served as one of the first two United States senators from Rhode Island and, following John Langdon, served as dean of the Senate.
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Theodore Foster engaged in classical studies at the college in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, graduating in 1770.
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Theodore Foster then studied law and lived with fellow student Solomon Drowne.
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Theodore Foster was admitted to the bar association in 1771 and remained in Rhode Island to practice law, beginning his law practice in Providence.
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Theodore Foster was town clerk in Providence from 1775 to 1787.
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Theodore Foster earned his master's degree from Dartmouth College in 1786.
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Theodore Foster married the sister of the future governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Arthur Fenner.
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Theodore Foster played a role in the Gaspee Affair of 1772, along with John Brown and others, which helped catalyze events leading to up to the American Revolutionary War.
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Theodore Foster distinguished himself as a staunch supporter of General George Washington and the Federalist cause.
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Until 1790 Theodore Foster held various positions in the government of Rhode Island.
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Theodore Foster was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820.
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Theodore Foster became a passionate collector of numerous documents relating to colonial Providence.
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Theodore Foster helped found the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1822.
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Theodore Foster's heirs sold his extensive collection of historical documents to the Society in 1833.
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Theodore Foster returned to public life to serve in the Rhode Island state legislature from 1812 to 1816.
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Theodore Foster lived in the town of Foster, Rhode Island, which was named after him.
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Theodore Foster died on January 13,1828, and is interred in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.
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Theodore Foster's father was Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Jedediah Theodore Foster, who graduated from Harvard University in 1744.