Martin Ambrose Foran (November 11, 1844 – June 28, 1921) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician, and Civil War veteran who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for three terms from 1883 to 1889.

He served as a private in the Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, from April 1864 to July 1865.

He found work as a cooper at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, March 11, 1868.

He served as judge of the court of common pleas from January 1911 until his death in Cleveland, Ohio, June 28, 1921.

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