Wallace Turner Foote Jr. (April 7, 1864 – December 17, 1910) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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.
Born in
Port Henry, New York
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Port Henry lies on the eastern side of the town of Moriah and is approximately one hour's drive (52 mil ...
, Foote attended the Port Henry Union School and Williston Seminary,
Easthampton, Massachusetts
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, and was graduated as a civil engineer from
Union College
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,
Schenectady, New York
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, in 1885.
He served as assistant superintendent of the Cedar Point Furnace in Port Henry 1885–1887.
He attended
Columbia Law School
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,
New York City
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.
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1889 and commenced practice in Port Henry.
Foote was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.
He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in mining.
He died in New York City on December 17, 1910.
He was interred in Union Cemetery,
Port Henry, New York
Port Henry is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census.
Port Henry lies on the eastern side of the town of Moriah and is approximately one hour's drive (52 mil ...
.
References
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1864 births
1910 deaths
Columbia Law School alumni
Union College (New York) alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
People from Port Henry, New York
19th-century American legislators