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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Wilder D. Foster |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 08, 1819
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| Died | September 20, 1873
(54 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | FOSTER, Wilder De Ayr, a Representative from Michigan; born in Orange County, N.Y., January 8, 1819; attended the common schools of his native county; moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged in the hardware business at Grand Rapids in 1845; city treasurer and member of the board of aldermen; mayor of Grand Rapids in 1854; member of the State senate in 1855 and 1856; again elected mayor of Grand Rapids and served in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas White Ferry; reelected to the Forty-third Congress and served from December 4, 1871, until his death in Grand Rapids, Mich., September 20, 1873; interment in Fulton Street Cemetery.
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