Henry S. Foote | |
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19th Governor of Mississippi | |
In office January 10, 1852 – January 5, 1854 | |
Preceded by | James Whitfield |
Succeeded by | John J. Pettus |
United States Senator from Mississippi | |
In office March 4, 1847 – January 8, 1852 | |
Preceded by | Joseph W. Chalmers |
Succeeded by | Walker Brooke |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Stuart Foote February 28, 1804 Fauquier County, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | May 19, 1880 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 76)
Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic (before 1850) Union (1850–54) Know-Nothing (1854–56) Republican (after 1875) |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Winters Rachel (Boyd) Smiley |
Children | 6 |
Alma mater | Washington College |
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Henry Stuart Foote (February 28, 1804 – May 19, 1880) was a United States Senator from Mississippi and the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1847 to 1852. He was the Unionist Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854 and an American Party supporter in California. During the American Civil War, he served in the First and Second Confederate Congresses. A practicing attorney, he published two memoirs related to the Civil War years, a book on Texas before its annexation and a postwar book on the legal profession and courts in the Southern United States.