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Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866 - Social Networks and Archival Context

️Fri Nov 19 1802

Member of United States Senate.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, 1845 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520495

Lawyer, state legislator, U.S. Representative and later Senator; b. in Cornwall, Vt.; attended Middlebury College; admitted to the bar in 1831 and practiced in Rutland, Vt.; elected state representative, 1833, 1836-1838; delegate to the Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; prosecuting attorney, 1836-1842; U.S. representative (1843-1847); and Senator 1850, 1856, 1862. Elected as a Whig congressman in 1843 and as a senator in 1850; re-elected as a National Republican senator in 1856 in which capacity he served until his death in 1866. Served as President pro-tempore of the Senate from 1861 to 1864.

From the description of Solomon Foot papers, 1854-1866 (bulk 1861-1862). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 670720338

Archival Resources

Role	Title	Holding Repository
referencedIn	Autograph album: Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and senators, 1864 and undated.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Letter, January 25, 1866.	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn	Collection on Gideon Welles, 1822-2010.	Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library
referencedIn	Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Foote Family. Papers, 1739-1972	Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn	Stannard, George Jerrison, 1820-1886. Photocopy of a letter written by General George Jerrison Stannard to Senator Solomon Foot, 1864.	Vermont Historical Society
creatorOf	Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. Solomon Foot papers, 1854-1866 (bulk 1861-1862).	Bennington Museum
referencedIn	Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887)	Houghton Library
referencedIn	McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966. Hall Park McCullough collection, 1735-1962.	Bennington Museum
creatorOf	Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, 1845 Feb. 12.	Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn	Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Evans, John, 1814-1897. Letter: to the Honorable Solomon Foot, United States Senate /by John Evans, Governor of Colorado Territory, 1865 Aug 14.	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources

Role	Title	Holding Repository

Relation	Name
associatedWith	Baker, W. H., compiler.	person
correspondedWith	Dillingham, Paul	person
correspondedWith	Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887	person
associatedWith	Evans, John, 1814-1897.	person
correspondedWith	Fairbanks, E. (Erastus), 1792-1864	person
associatedWith	Foote Family.	family
associatedWith	Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885	person
correspondedWith	Holbrook, Frederick, 1813-1909	person
associatedWith	McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966.	person
associatedWith	Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910.	person
associatedWith	Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, collector.	corporateBody
associatedWith	Stannard, George Jerrison, 1820-1886.	person
correspondedWith	Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874	person