American politician (1780?1846)
Samuel Augustus Foot
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In office
May 7, 1834 ? May 6, 1835
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Lieutenant
| Thaddeus Betts
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Preceded by
| Henry W. Edwards
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Succeeded by
| Henry W. Edwards
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In office
March 4, 1833 ? May 9, 1834
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Preceded by
| Ralph I. Ingersoll
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Succeeded by
| Ebenezer Jackson, Jr.
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In office
March 4, 1827 ? March 3, 1833
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Preceded by
| Henry W. Edwards
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Succeeded by
| Nathan Smith
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In office
March 4, 1823 ? March 3, 1825
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Preceded by
| Daniel Burrows
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Succeeded by
| Ralph I. Ingersoll
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In office
March 4, 1819 ? March 3, 1821
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Preceded by
| Sylvester Gilbert
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Succeeded by
| Daniel Burrows
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In office
1825?1826
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Preceded by
| Ralph I. Ingersoll
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Succeeded by
| Ebenezer Young
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In office
1817-1818
1821-1823
1825-1826
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Born
| November 8, 1780
Cheshire, Connecticut
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Died
| September 15, 1846
(1846-09-15)
(aged 65)
Cheshire, Connecticut
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Political party
| National Republican
(1824?1834)
Whig
(1834?1846)
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Spouse
| Eudocia Hull Foot
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Children
| Andrew Hull Foote
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Alma mater
| Yale College
Litchfield Law School
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Profession
| farmer, politician
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Samuel Augustus Foot
(November 8, 1780 – September 15, 1846; his surname is also spelled
Foote
) was the
28th
Governor of Connecticut
as well as a
United States representative
and
Senator
.
Biography
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Born November 8, 1780 in
Cheshire, Connecticut
, to John & Abigail (Hall) Foot. Having entered
Yale College
at the age of thirteen, was the youngest student in the graduating class of 1797. He attended the
Litchfield Law School
when he was seventeen, but discontinued law studies due to ill health. He then moved to
New Haven, Connecticut
; became a West India Trader and made many voyages for his health.
[1]
He married Eudocia Hull in 1803 and they had seven children (the second of whom was
Andrew Hull Foote
).
Career
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When the War of 1812 Embargo Act ruined his business, Foot returned to his father's farm in
Cheshire
in 1813, engaged in agricultural pursuits and politics.
Foot was a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
in 1817 and 1818, and was elected to the Sixteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821. He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1821 to 1823 and 1825 to 1826, serving as speaker in 1825 to 1826; he was elected to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was elected by the General Assembly to the U.S. Senate as an
Adams
' man (later
Anti-Jacksonian
) within the splintering
Democratic Republican Party
. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1833.
[2]
In the Senate he is most noted for the "Foot Resolution" of December 29, 1829 to limit the sale of public lands. It was during debate on this resolution that
Daniel Webster
gave his "Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever" speech.
Foot was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832; while in the
United States Congress
, he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses). He was elected to the Twenty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1833, to May 9, 1834,
[3]
when he resigned to become
Governor of Connecticut
, a position he held in 1834 and 1835. He was an unsuccessful
Whig
candidate for re-election in 1835. Foot later served as a presidential elector on the Clay-Frelinghuysen ticket in 1844.
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Death
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Foot died in Cheshire on September 15, 1846. He is interred at
Hillside Cemetery
,
Cheshire, Connecticut
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References
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External links
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Party political offices
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First
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Whig
nominee for
Governor of Connecticut
1834
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1835
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Succeeded by
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U.S. Senate
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Preceded by
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U.S. senator (Class 1) from Connecticut
March 4, 1827 ? March 3, 1833
Served alongside:
Calvin Willey
,
Gideon Tomlinson
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Succeeded by
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Preceded by
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Connecticut's at-large congressional district
March 4, 1819 ? March 3, 1821
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Connecticut's at-large congressional district
March 4, 1823 ? March 3, 1825
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Connecticut's at-large congressional district
March 4, 1833 ? May 9, 1834
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Succeeded by
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Political offices
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Preceded by
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Governor of Connecticut
May 7, 1834 ? May 6, 1835
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Succeeded by
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