Foster Blodgett Jr. (15 January 1826 – 3 December 1877)[1] was an American politician elected mayor of Augusta, Georgia, from 1859 to 1860, and returned to the mayoralty via military appointment between 1867 and 1868.

Blodgett was elected to the United States Senate by the Georgia General Assembly in 1871, but not seated.

[4] Faced with threats of property damage and death, he served in the Confederate Army until April 1862.

[6] Overlapping his tenure as postmaster, Blodgett was appointed as mayor of Augusta by General John Pope in May 1867, a post he held until December 1868.

[10] Blodgett was called by the prosecution as a witness and testified at the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson on April 9, 1868.