Robert Coleman Foster

Full Name: Robert Coleman Foster
Date of birth: September 10, 1834
Date of death: January 6, 1910

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	27	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Denison / Grayson	Grayson
H	27	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Denison / Grayson	Grayson
H	48	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Denison / Grayson	Grayson

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 27
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denison / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 27
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denison / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 48
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denison / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, R.C. Foster, pp. 25-26. Born 9/10/1834 in Logan County, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, Robert C. Foster, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

Robert Coleman Foster, birth date 9/10/1834, death date 1/6/1910, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson County. Includes photo from the "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society," (Kansas State Historical Society, 1909). Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Col. R.C. Foster Dead: Denison Loses One of Its Most Prominent and Useful Citizens," The Sunday Gazetteer (Denison, Texas), 1/9/1910, p. 1, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. Member of the Kansas constitutional convention in 1866 and the Kansas Legislature for three terms; twice a member of the Texas Legislature from 1878-1882 [sic]. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. R.C. Foster, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.C. Foster, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Educational (Chair) Federal Relations Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries
18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments Address Federal Relations Fence Cutting (Chair) Funeral Procession for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County Judiciary No. 1 Memorial Resolutions for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County
16th R.S. - 1879 Education Insurance and Statistics Judiciary No. 2 Land Frauds Revised Civil Code, Select (Chair) Rooms for the Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Sale of the Public Domain of the State, Select State Affairs Towns and City Corporations

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