Speaker
of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1825-1827
Born
in 1780 at Cheshire, Connecticut
Graduate of Yale 1797
Whig
1819-1821,
1823-1825, 1833-1834
U.S. House of Representatives
1827-1833
U.S. Senate
1834-1835
Governor
Died
in 1846 at Cheshire, Connecticut
Foot's
father was a Congregational minister. Samuel started to study law,
but poor health forced him to abandon this pursuit. In 1803 Foot
married Eudocia Hull and they had six children. He was first elected
to the Connecticut Legislature in 1817 as a Tolerationist.
