# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lafayette-s-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:03:06.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lafayette-s-foster"
name: "Lafayette S. Foster"
slug: "lafayette-s-foster"
description: "La Fayette Sabine Foster was an American politician and jurist from Connecticut. He served in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1867 and was a judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1870 to 1876. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1865 to 1867, and was first in the presidential line of succession for most of his tenure, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln."
tagline: "American politician (1806-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hon._Lafayette_S._Foster%2C_Conn_-_NARA_-_530288_(3x4a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-11-22"
deathDate: "1880-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.90127970749543
  historical:           7.890102666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump