# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-watson-foster
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:49:05.192Z

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name: "John Watson Foster"
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description: "John Watson Foster was an American diplomat, military officer, lawyer and journalist who was U.S. Secretary of State from 1892 to 1893, under President Benjamin Harrison. He was influential as a lawyer in technically private practice in the international relations sphere."
tagline: "American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1836-1917)"
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birthDate: "1836-03-02"
deathDate: "1917-11-15"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump