Foster, Charles
merchant, legislator, congressman, governor, was born April 12, 1828, near Tiffin, Ohio. He was taken by his father in his fifth year to what is now Fostoria, Ohio, then a wilderness; he received his education at Norwalk academy, and became a successful merchant. In 1870 he was chosen to congress as a republican, and was three times re-elected, serving in the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. In 1879 he was elected governor of Ohio; and received the re-election in 1881, serving four years in all. His administration was marked by efforts to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. In 1891 he became secretary of the treasury, which position he filled with distinction.