What is John W. Foster?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=John Watson Foster | image=JohnWatsonFosterSoS.jpg | order=32nd | title=[[United States Secretary of State]] | term_start=June 29, 1892 | term_end=February 23, 1893 | predecessor=[[James G. Blaine]] | successor=[[Walter Q. Gresham]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1836|3|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Petersburg, Indiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1917|11|15|1836|03|02}} | death_place = [[United States|U.S.]] | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | spouse= | profession=[[Lawyer]], [[General officer|General]], [[Politician]] |branch=[[Union Army]] |battles=[[American Civil War]] }} '''John Watson Foster''' (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an [[Americans|American]] [[General Officer|general]], [[journalist]] and [[diplomat]]. Born in [[Pike County, Indiana]], and raised in [[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville]], he was a [[lawyer]]. During the [[American Civil War]], he was a general officer for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html|title=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=2010-01-08}}</ref> The Civil war ended in 1865. Between 1865 and 1869, Foster worked as a journalist for the ''Evansville Daily Journal''.<ref name=Miller>{{cite web|url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/bharrison/essays/cabinet/381|title=John W. Foster|accessdate=2010-01-08|archive-date=2010-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407185745/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/bharrison/essays/cabinet/381|url-status=dead}}</ref> After that, he was the U.S. Minister to [[Mexico]] (1873-1880), [[Russia]] (1880-1881) and [[Spain]] (1883-1885).<ref name=Miller/> He was [[U.S. Secretary of State]] under [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] from 1892-1893.<ref name=Miller/> In 1895, he helped the [[Qing Dynasty]] in [[wikt:drafting|drafting]] the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] of 1895. He worked for the Chinese as a [[legal]] [[wikt: