FOOT, Solomon

FOOT, Solomon
Library of Congress
1802–1866

Concise Biography

FOOT, Solomon, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Cornwall, Addison County, Vt., November 19, 1802; pursued classical studies, and graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1826; taught school 1826-1831; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Rutland, Vt.; member, State house of representatives 1833, 1836-1838, serving as speaker the last two sessions; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1836; prosecuting attorney 1836-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1850; reelected as a Republican in 1856 and 1862, and served from March 4, 1851, until his death on March 28, 1866; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses; chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses); died in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

New York State Library
Manuscripts and Special Collections

Albany, NY
Papers: April 19, 1860. 1 letter. From Hamilton Fish.

Pierpont Morgan Library

New York, NY
Papers: 1845-1859. 2 items.

University of Rochester
Rush Rhees Library

Rochester, NY
Papers: 5 letters by and 1 to Foot (1851-1864) in various collections. Finding aid.

University of Vermont
Bailey/Howe Library

Burlington, VT
Papers: Correspondence in Ahiman L. Miner papers, 1800-1897. 1 foot. Topics include political climate of the late 1830s and railroads.

Vermont Historical Society

Montpelier, VT
Papers: 1837-1866. 6 inches. Personal, business, and congressional papers and correspondence, including a 20-page letter (1865) from Isaac F. Redfield about the Civil War, its aftermath, and black suffrage. Other correspondents include George Perkins Marsh and Justin Morrill. Also portraits. Finding aid.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

U.S. Congress. Proceedings on the Death of Hon. Solomon Foot, Including the Addresses Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on April 12, 1866. 39th Cong., 1st sess., 1865-1866. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866.

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