John Johnson Foote (February 11, 1816 – April 15, 1905) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

John J. Foote was born in

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, the son of John Foote (1786–1884) and Mary B. (Johnson) Foote, and the grandson of state senator

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(1746–1842). On September 24, 1839, he married Mary Crocker (1819–1908), and they had three children. He entered politics as a Whig, was a delegate to the Anti-Nebraska Party state convention in 1854, and joined the

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upon its foundation. He was Supervisor of the Town of Hamilton in 1854 and 1856, and was both times Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Madison County. He was a member of the

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(23rd D.) in

1858 Events January–March * January – **Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. **William I of Prussia becomes regent f ...

and

1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...

. In 1865, he sold his business in Hamilton, and removed to a farm in

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. From 1873 to 1876, he was Auditor of the New York City Post Office under Postmaster Thomas L. James. In the 1860 presidential election, he was a

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for

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and

Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican ...

. He died at his home in Belvidere on April 15, 1905, and was buried at the Belvidere Cemetery.

References

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 442)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1859''
by William D. Murray (pg. 54ff)

at Illinois Ancestors {{DEFAULTSORT:Foote, John J 1816 births 1905 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Hamilton, New York People from Belvidere, Illinois Town supervisors in New York (state) 1860 United States presidential electors