Senator from Connecticut intimately connected with the Lincoln administration, who became Johnson’s acting vice president after the assassination (1806–1880). Uncommon original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait by an anonymous studio, signed vertically on the image in black ink, “L. F. S. Foster.” A small tear to right edge, slight silvering to dark areas of the image, and a skinned back, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.
