Foreman was defeated when he sought re-election in 1964, a year in which President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan, was reelected over Republican U.S. SenatorBarry M. Goldwater in a landslide, and the Republicans suffered massive losses throughout the nation.
Represented southern New Mexico, 1969–1971
Following his defeat, he relocated to New Mexico, where he became active in business and civic affairs in Las Cruces.[4] In 1968 while residing in Las Cruces, Foreman ran for Congress in the southern district of New Mexico[2] and upset the two-term Democrat E. S. "Johnny" Walker of Albuquerque. Richard Nixon won New Mexico's electoral votes that year over Hubert H. Humphrey, and that Republican momentum helped Foreman to get elected.[citation needed] Foreman was unseated after a single term in 1970 by Democrat Harold Runnels.
Appointment to two federal jobs
After losing a House seat for the second time in six years, Foreman in 1971 was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior in the Nixon administration, and the following year, 1972, he was appointed to a position at the United States Department of Transportation, where he stayed until 1976.[4]
Personal life and death
Foreman died on February 2, 2022, at the age of 88.[5]
References
General
^Prior to 1968, New Mexico U.S. representatives had been elected at-large statewide.
^ abcd"Edgar Franklin Foreman", Who's Who in America with World Notables, Volume 56 (1970–1971), (Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1970), page 747.
