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Foster, Murphy J. (Murphy James), 1849-1921

Murphy J. Foster was an attorney, Louisiana state senator (1880-1892), Governor of Louisiana (1892-1900), and United States Senator (1900-1912). He studied law at the University of Louisiana, now Tulane University, and passed the state bar exam in 1871. Foster was briefly married to Florence Daisy Hine, then remarried 1881 to Rose Routh Ker, daughter of John Ker and Rose Routh of Ouida Plantation in West Feliciana Parish. They produced ten children, nine of whom reached maturity.

Murphy J. Foster was elected Governor in 1892, and re-elected in 1896. After his tenure as Governor, then a U. S. Senator, he was appointed as a customs collector in New Orleans. Some of Foster's major political concerns included the issue of black suffrage, outlawing the Louisiana Lottery Company, protecting sugar growers, flood control, and the regulation of railway rates. He died at his home on Dixie Plantation in 1921.

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Foster, Murphey J. (Murphey James), 1849-1921.

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Murphey J. Foster was a Louisiana State Senator (1880-1892), Governor of Louisiana (1892-1900) and a US Senator (1900-1913). From the description of Foster, Murphey J., papers. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82547824 ...

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