George Peter Foster
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George Peter Foster was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Illinois
Illinois
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.

Born in Dover, New Jersey
Dover, New Jersey
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, Foster moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1867. He attended the public schools and the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
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. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar
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 the same year and commenced practice in Chicago. He was in the Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
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 for the town of South Chicago
South Chicago, Chicago
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 1891-1899. He was acting police magistrate of the principal police court of the city 1893-1899.

Foster was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Fifty-sixth
56th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

, Fifty-seventh
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....

, and Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

 Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904. He resumed the practice of law. He served as assistant corporation counsel of Chicago from 1912 to 1922. He retired from active pursuits in 1928 and moved to Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...

, where he died November 11, 1928. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Chicago.
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