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Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
Full Name: Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
Date of birth: November 27, 1851
Date of death: December 2, 1901
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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62
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Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
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19th
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Democrat
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Groesbeck / Limestone
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Speaker
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Falls, Limestone, McLennan
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62
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Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
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18th
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Democrat
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Groesbeck / Limestone
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Falls, Limestone, McLennan
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H
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42
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Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
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(3)
(4)
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Democrat
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Groesbeck / Limestone
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Limestone
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(1)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2)
"The entire democratic ticket to be elected by majorities ranging from 500 to 800 . . . L.L. Foster, editor of the Era, is elected representative," 11/17/1880.
Galveston Daily News.
(3)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(4)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Biographical sketch.
American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
FOSTER, LAFAYETTE LUMPKIN (1851-1901).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, L.L. Foster, pp. 4-5. "He has the honor of being the youngest man ever elected Speaker of the House in Texas."
Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, L.L. Foster, Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics and History, pp. 31-33.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Brief biographical sketch, L.L. Foster, Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics and History, p. 97.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, L.L. Foster, Railroad Commissioner, pp. 102-104. Born 11/27/1851 near Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia. "The Twenty-second Legislature having created a commission to regulate the charges and operation of railway corporations in Texas, Mr. Foster was, May 4, 1891, appointed by Governor Hogg one of the three commissioners provided for by the act and is now filling that position."
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
28th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Lafayette Lumpkin Foster. Photo and biographical sketch.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, p. 263.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Biographical sketch, L.L. Foster, President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, pp. 31-32.
The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Biographical sketch, pp. 156-157. Elected by the people of the 52nd district in 1880, 1882, and 1884.
Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.
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Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service.
Railroad Commission of Texas.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
L.L. Foster, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
L.L. Foster, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
L.L. Foster, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph.
Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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