Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866

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Member of United States Senate.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, 1845 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520495

Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. Representative and later Senator; b. in Cornwall, Vt.; attended Middlebury College; admitted to the bar in 1831 and practiced in Rutland, Vt.; elected state representative, 1833, 1836-1838; delegate to the Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; prosecuting attorney, 1836-1842; U.S. representative (1843-1847); and Senator 1850, 1856, 1862. Elected as a Whig congressman in 1843 and as a senator in 1850; re-elected as a National Republican senator in 1856 in which capacity he served until his death in 1866. Served as President pro-tempore of the Senate from 1861 to 1864.

From the description of Solomon Foot papers, 1854-1866 (bulk 1861-1862). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 670720338

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referencedIn	Autograph album: Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and senators, 1864 and undated.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Collection on Gideon Welles, 1822-2010.	Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library
referencedIn	Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887)	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Evans, John, 1814-1897. Letter: to the Honorable Solomon Foot, United States Senate /by John Evans, Governor of Colorado Territory, 1865 Aug 14.	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf	Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, 1845 Feb. 12.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf	Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. Solomon Foot papers, 1854-1866 (bulk 1861-1862).	Bennington Museum
creatorOf	Foote Family. Papers, 1739-1972	Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn	McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966. Hall Park McCullough collection, 1735-1962.	Bennington Museum
referencedIn	Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Letter, January 25, 1866.	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn	Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).	Houghton Library

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associatedWith	Baker, W. H., compiler.
correspondedWith	Dillingham, Paul
correspondedWith	Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
associatedWith	Evans, John, 1814-1897.
correspondedWith	Fairbanks, E. (Erastus), 1792-1864
associatedWith	Foote Family.
associatedWith	Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
correspondedWith	Holbrook, Frederick, 1813-1909
associatedWith	McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966.
associatedWith	Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910.