Stephen Clark Foster (December 24,1799 –October 5,1872) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Machias,Massachusetts (now in Maine). He attended the common schools,learned the blacksmith's trade and subsequently became a shipbuilder.
He was elected as a member of the Maine State House of Representatives 1834–1837,elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1840,and serving as its president,and again elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1847. He was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th United States Congress (March 4,1857 –March 3,1861).
He was a member of the Peace Convention of 1861 held in Washington,D.C.,in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending US Civil War. He died in Pembroke,Maine on October 5,1872. His interment is in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Hannibal Hamlin was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865,during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
Lorenzo De Medici Sweat was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
William Pierce Frye was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party,Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator,serving in the Maine House of Representatives and then U.S. House of Representatives,before being elected to the U.S. Senate,where he served for 30 years before dying in office. Frye was a member of the Frye political family,and was the grandfather of Wallace H. White Jr.,and the son of John March Frye. He was also a prominent member of the Peucinian Society tradition.
The 1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 6,1860,and October 24,1861,before or after the first session of the 37th United States Congress convened on July 4,1861. The number of House seats initially increased to 239 when California was apportioned an extra one,but these elections were affected by the outbreak of the American Civil War and resulted in over 56 vacancies.
Israel Washburn Jr. was a United States political figure who was the Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. Originally a member of the Whig Party,he later became a founding member of the Republican Party. In 1842,Washburn served in the Maine House of Representatives.
The 1820–21 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3,1820,and August 10,1821. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 17th United States Congress convened on December 3,1821. They coincided with President James Monroe winning reelection unopposed.
Mark Hill Dunnell was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891.
Stephen Coburn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.
Samuel Thatcher was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Stephen Decatur Lindsey was an American attorney and politician from Maine. A Republican,he served terms in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate. In 1876,he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected in 1878 and served from 1877 to 1883.
Charles Henry Prince was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Stephen Alonzo Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Frederick Augustus Pike was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Llewellyn Powers was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.
John Jasiel Perry was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Moses Macdonald was an American attorney and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Maine. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives,the Maine State Senate and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives during the 1800s.
Freeman Harlow Morse was a United States representative from Maine.
The 1858–59 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1858 and 1859,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 2.
The 1870–71 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1870 and 1871,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 2.