L.L. Foster

Lafayette Lumpkin Foster

Full Name: Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
Date of birth: November 27, 1851
Date of death: December 2, 1901

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 62 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone Speaker   Falls, Limestone, McLennan
H 62 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Falls, Limestone, McLennan
H 42 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Limestone

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) "The entire democratic ticket to be elected by majorities ranging from 500 to 800 . . . L.L. Foster, editor of the Era, is elected representative," 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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House District 62
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th  
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Falls, Limestone, McLennan
House District 62
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Falls, Limestone, McLennan
House District 42
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (2) (3) (4)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Limestone

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) "The entire democratic ticket to be elected by majorities ranging from 500 to 800 . . . L.L. Foster, editor of the Era, is elected representative," 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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18th R.S. - 1883
Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine  
Educational Affairs  
Finance  
Internal Improvements  
Memorial Services for Hon. W.H. Tucker of Anderson and Hon. A.J. Leo of Hidalgo  
Public Printing (Chair) 
Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
Texas Siftings Publication, Select  
17th R.S. - 1881
Department of Public Education, Select  
Educational Affairs  
Enrolled Bills  
Finance  
Printing and Binding Reports of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals  
Public Printing  

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