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Foster – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John W. Foster" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Foster" title="John W. Foster – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John W. Foster" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Foster" title="John W. Foster – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="John W. Foster" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Foster" title="John W. 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Foster – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John W. Foster" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Foster" title="John W. Foster – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="John W. Foster" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Foster" title="John W. Foster – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="John W. 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by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">James G. Blaine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Q._Gresham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Q. Gresham (not yet started)">Walter Q. Gresham</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1836-03-02</span>)</span>March 2, 1836<br /><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Indiana" title="Petersburg, Indiana">Petersburg, Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 15, 1917<span style="display:none">(1917-11-15)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Watson Foster</b> (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer">general</a>, <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a>. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Indiana" title="Pike County, Indiana">Pike County, Indiana</a>, and raised in <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville</a>, he was a <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, he was a general officer for the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Civil war ended in 1865. Between 1865 and 1869, Foster worked as a journalist for the <i>Evansville Daily Journal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that, he was the U.S. Minister to <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> (1873-1880), <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (1880-1881) and <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (1883-1885).<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> under <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> from 1892-1893.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1895, he helped the <a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a> in <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/drafting" class="extiw" title="wikt:drafting">drafting</a> the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki" title="Treaty of Shimonoseki">Treaty of Shimonoseki</a> of 1895. He worked for the Chinese as a <a href="/wiki/Legal" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal">legal</a> <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/consult" class="extiw" title="wikt:consult">consultant</a> and <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/commission" class="extiw" title="wikt:commission">commissioner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His <a href="/wiki/Grandchildren" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandchildren">grandchildren</a> included <a href="/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles" title="John Foster Dulles">John Foster Dulles</a>, who also became a U.S. Secretary of State,<sup id="cite_ref-Miller_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Allen_Welsh_Dulles" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen Welsh Dulles">Allen Welsh Dulles</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Central_Intelligence" title="Director of Central Intelligence">Director of Central Intelligence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Dulles_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dulles-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleanor_Lansing_Dulles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleanor Lansing Dulles (not yet started)">Eleanor Lansing Dulles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economist" title="Economist">economist</a> and diplomat.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also the great-grandfather of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a> <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal</a> <a href="/wiki/Avery_Dulles" 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