Robert E. Foster | |
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Member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives from the Issaquena County district | |
In office January 1912 – April 30, 1931 | |
Preceded by | Livingston Peyton |
Succeeded by | J. C. Newman |
Personal details | |
Born | Copiah County, MS | November 26, 1851
Died | April 30, 1931 Mississippi | (aged 79)
Political party | Democrat |
Residence | Fitler, Mississippi |
Robert Elisha Foster (November 26, 1851 - April 30, 1931) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Issaquena County, from 1912 to his death.
Robert Elisha Foster was born on November 26, 1851, in Linden, Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was the son of Milton Hunter Foster ( c. 1823 – 1905), and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (Greenlee) Foster. [1] [2] [4]
From 1884 to 1910, Robert was a member and president of the Board of Supervisors of Issaquena County, Mississippi. [1] [2] [4] He was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing that county as a Democrat, on November 5, 1911. [1] [2] He was re-elected in 1915. [1] He was also elected in 1919, 1923, and 1927, serving until his death. [5] [6] [7] Foster, while still a member of the House, died after a two-week illness on April 30, 1931, in Mississippi. [7] [8] [9] At 79 years old, he was the oldest serving member of the Legislature at the time of his death. [9] He was succeeded in the House by J. C. Newman. [7]
He married Nannie E. Heath in 1877. [1] [10] They had three children, Annie Eliza (Foster) Ellis (b. 1877), Robert Heath Foster (b. 1885), and Mary Lurline (Foster) Donald (b. 1887). [10] [4] After Nannie's death, he married Louise Lee White in 1917. [4] He had at least two children with Louise: Nannie E. Foster and Louise Foster. [4]