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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VermontFOOT, Solomon
(1802—1866)
Senate Years of Service:
1851-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1866
Party:
Whig; Opposition; Republican
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.
Bibliography
American National Biography
; Dictionary of American Biography
; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Solomon Foot
. 39th Cong., 1st sess., 1865. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1865.
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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