City: Chattanooga
FOUST, James Leonidas, lawyer; born Hamilton County, Tenn., December 9, 1867; son William Henry and Elizabeth (Wisdom) FOUST; German, French, English and Irish descent; graduated Emory and Henry College 1891; Cumberland University LL.B. 1892; admitted to bar of Hamilton County 1892; opened law office same year in Chattanooga; member K. of P. (Past Chancellor Commander); member Tennessee State Senate in Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth General Assemblies; first elected 1904, re-elected 1906; 1909 formed law partnership with W. H. PAYNE under firm name of Foust & Payne; author of Anti-Race Track Gambling Bill, which was passed in 1907, and became a law February 8, 1907.
