Israel Moore Foster | |
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 1921 or 1922 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Robert M. Switzer |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Jenkins |
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| Born | (1873-01-12)January 12, 1873 Athens, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1950(1950-06-10) (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Ohio University Harvard Law School Ohio State University College of Law |
Israel Moore Foster (January 12, 1873 – June 10, 1950) was aRepublican Representative in theUnited States Congress from the state ofOhio, serving three terms from 1919 to 1925.
Born inAthens, Ohio, Foster attended the public schools, and graduated from theOhio University at Athens in 1895. He studied law at the Harvard Law School in 1895 and 1896, and graduated from theOhio State Law School in 1898, commencing practice the same year in Athens, Ohio.
He served as prosecuting attorney ofAthens County from 1902 to 1910. He served as member and secretary of the board of trustees of theOhio University for twenty-four years, and was Secretary of the Republican State central committee in 1912.
Foster was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-sixth,Sixty-seventh, andSixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924. While in Congress, he is best known for proposing theChild Labor Amendment to theUnited States Constitution.
After serving in Congress, he was appointed a commissioner of the court of claims on April 1, 1925, and served until April 1, 1942, when he retired. He died inWashington, D.C., and is buried in Washington'sRock Creek Cemetery.
He had a residence hall at Ohio University named after him, it was located on South Green. Ohio University administration demolish the building in 2016.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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