Foster, Dwight
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 7, 1757, in Brookfield, Mass. He was county sheriff and judge and afterwards chief justice of common pleas; and was for some years a member of the house and senate of Massachusetts. He was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts; and was a representative in congress from 1793 to 1799, and United States senator from 1800 to 1803, when he resigned. He died April 29, 1823, in Brookfield. Mass.