Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	27	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Denison / Grayson		Grayson
H	27	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th (1)	Democrat	Denison / Grayson		Grayson
H	48	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th (2)	Democrat	Denison / Grayson		Grayson

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, R.C. Foster, pp. 25-26. Born 9/10/1834 in Logan County, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
• Obituary, "Col. R.C. Foster Dead: Denison Loses One of Its Most Prominent and Useful Citizens," The Sunday Gazetteer (Denison, Texas), 1/9/1910, p. 1, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. Member of the Kansas constitutional convention in 1866 and the Kansas Legislature for three terms; twice a member of the Texas Legislature from 1878-1882 [sic]. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Biographical sketch, Robert C. Foster, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
• Biographical sketch, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

• Robert Coleman Foster, birth date 9/10/1834, death date 1/6/1910, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson County. Includes photograph. Find a Grave.

Photographs

• Photograph. R.C. Foster, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.C. Foster, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Educational (Chair)  Federal Relations   Judiciary No. 1   Penitentiaries

18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments Address   Federal Relations   Fence Cutting (Chair)  Funeral Procession for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County   Judiciary No. 1   Memorial Resolutions for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County

16th R.S. - 1879 Education   Insurance and Statistics   Judiciary No. 2   Land Frauds   Revised Civil Code, Select (Chair)  Rooms for the Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,   Sale of the Public Domain of the State, Select   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations