Solomon Foot

Solomon Foot
United States Senator from Vermont
In office March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866
Preceded by	Samuel S. Phelps
Succeeded by	George F. Edmunds
Personal details
Born	November 19, 1802(1802-11-19) Cornwall, Vermont, U.S.
Died	March 28, 1866(1866-03-28) (aged 63) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Whig, Republican
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Teacher

Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802 – March 28, 1866) was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838. After six 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.

External links

• Solomon Foot at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Ebenezer N. Briggs	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1847–1848	Succeeded by William C. Kittredge
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Hiland Hall	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st congressional district March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847	Succeeded by William Henry
United States Senate
Preceded by Samuel S. Phelps	United States Senator (Class 1) from Vermont March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866 Served alongside: William Upham, Samuel S. Phelps, Lawrence Brainerd, Jacob Collamer and Luke P. Poland	Succeeded by George F. Edmunds
Political offices
Preceded by Benjamin Fitzpatrick	President pro tempore of the United States Senate February 16, 1861 – April 13, 1864	Succeeded by Daniel Clark