Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866

LC control no.	n 85158373
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1802-11-19
Death date	1866-03-28
Place of birth	Cornwall (Vt.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	Middlebury College Whig Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupation	Teachers Lawyers Legislators
Found in	Seaver, N. A discourse delivered at the funeral of Hon. Solomon Foot, 1866. MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, February 3, 2016 (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.)
Associated language	eng