Stephen Clark Foster (December 24, 1799 â October 5, 1872) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Machias, Massachusetts (now in Maine). He attended the common schools, learned the blacksmith's trade and subsequently became a shipbuilder.
He was elected as a member of the Maine State House of Representatives, serving from 1834 to 1837. He was then elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1840, serving as its president. Later, he was again elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1847.
He was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th United States Congress (March 4, 1857 â March 3, 1861).
He was a member of the Peace Convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending US Civil War.
He died in Pembroke, Maine on October 5, 1872. His interment is in Forest Hill Cemetery.