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Charles Foster

Charles Foster (April 12, 1828 – January 9, 1904) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1871 to 1879, and later served as the 35th governor of Ohio from 1880 to 1884. In 1891, he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Benjamin Harrison, serving until 1893 before retiring.

This picture is a line engraving of Foster, produced around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), as part of a BEP presentation album of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury, which was reportedly given to Secretary Lyman J. Gage.

Engraving credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; restored by Andrew Shiva

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