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Columbia Encyclopedia: Foot, Solomon,
1802–66, U.S. Senator from Vermont (1851–66), b. Cornwall, Vt. He taught school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1831. Foot served several terms in the state legislature and was in the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–47). His antislavery convictions carried him into the new Republican party. In the Senate he was recognized as a master of parliamentary law (he was often president pro tempore) and established many customs in the Senate's procedure.
 
 
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Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot

In office
March 4, 1851March 28, 1866
Preceded by Samuel S. Phelps
Succeeded by George F. Edmunds

Born November 19 1802(1802--)
Cornwall, Vermont, U.S.
Died March 28 1866 (aged 63)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Whig, Republican
Profession Politician, Lawyer, Teacher

Solomon Foot (born on November 19, 1802 in Cornwall, Vermont - died on March 28, 1866 in Washington, D.C.) was Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. After being admitted to the bar in 1831 he served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838. After 6 years as a prosecuting attorney, he was elected as a Whig congressman in 1843 and as a senator in 1850. He was re-elected as a Republican senator in 1856, in which capacity he served until his death in 1866. He served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 1861 to 1864.

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Preceded by
Hiland Hall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 1st congressional district

March 4, 1843March 3, 1849
Succeeded by
William Henry
Preceded by
Samuel S. Phelps
United States Senator (Class 1) from Vermont
March 4, 1851March 28, 1866
Served alongside: William Upham, Samuel S. Phelps, Lawrence Brainerd, Jacob Collamer and Luke P. Poland
Succeeded by
George F. Edmunds
Preceded by
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
February 16, 1861April 13, 1864
Succeeded by
Daniel Clark

 
 

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