سولومون فوت

كان سولومون تي. فوت (19 نوفمبر 1802 - 28 مارس 1866) سياسياً ومحامياً أمريكياً. شغل العديد من المناصب خلال حياته المهنية، بما في ذلك رئيس مجلس نواب ولاية فيرمونت ، والمدعي العام لمقاطعة روتلاند ، وعضو مجلس النواب الأمريكي ، وعضو مجلس الشيوخ الأمريكي . 

ولد فوت في كورنوال بولاية فيرمونت ، وبدأ العمل في المزارع المحلية في سن التاسعة، ليساعد في إعالة أسرته بعد وفاة والده. بعد تخرجه من كلية ميدلبوري ، عمل فوت مدرسًا ومديرًا لمدرسة وأستاذًا جامعيًا أثناء دراسته للقانون. بعد حصوله على رخصة مزاولة مهنة المحاماة عام 1831، افتتح مكتبًا للمحاماة في روتلاند .

دخل فوت معترك السياسة كعضو في حزب الويغ ، وشغل مناصب عديدة، منها عضوية مجلس نواب ولاية فيرمونت ، ومندوبًا في المؤتمرات الدستورية للولاية عامي 1833 و1836، ومدعيًا عامًا لمقاطعة روتلاند . وتولى رئاسة مجلس نواب فيرمونت من عام 1837 إلى 1839. ثم خدم في مجلس النواب الأمريكي من عام 1843 إلى 1847، واشتهر بمعارضته للحرب المكسيكية الأمريكية وتوسيع نطاق العبودية. لم يترشح لإعادة انتخابه عام 1846، وعاد إلى مجلس نواب فيرمونت، حيث شغل منصب الرئيس من عام 1847 إلى 1848.

في عام 1850، انتُخب فوت لعضوية مجلس الشيوخ الأمريكي ؛ وانضم إلى الحزب الجمهوري عند تأسيسه، وأُعيد انتخابه عامي 1856 و1862. شغل فوت منصب الرئيس المؤقت لمجلس الشيوخ الأمريكي خلال الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية ، وكان من أشد المدافعين عن الاتحاد . ترأس اللجنة المشتركة للكونغرس المعنية بالمباني والأراضي العامة ابتداءً من عام 1861، والتي شملت الإشراف على إتمام بناء مبنى الكابيتول الأمريكي .

توفي فوت في واشنطن العاصمة عام 1866؛ ودُفن في مقبرة إيفرغرين في روتلاند.

Foot was born on November 19, 1802, in Cornwall, Vermont.^[1] He was the son of Dr. Solomon and Betsey Crossett Foot,^[1] and his family lived across the road from William Slade.^[2]:244 Foot's father died when he was nine years old, and he worked on local farms to help support his family.^[3] He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and also received a master's degree from Middlebury.^{[1][4][2]:244}

He was a tutor in Middlebury and Burlington, preceptor of Castleton Academy, and professor of natural philosophy at the Vermont Medical School in Castleton.^[5]

While teaching he studied law with attorneys Benjamin F. Langdon and Reuben R. Thrall.^[6] Foot attained admission to the bar in 1831, afterwards practicing in Rutland.^[7]

Foot served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1833 and was a Delegate to the Vermont State Constitutional Convention in 1836.^[1] He served again in the Vermont House from 1836 to 1839 and was Speaker from 1837 to 1839.^[8]

He served as Rutland CountyState's Attorney from 1836 to 1842.^[9]

Foot was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Whig in 1842 and served two terms, 1843 to 1847.^[10] As a Congressman Foot opposed extending slavery and the Mexican–American War.^[11][12]

He declined renomination in 1846.^[10] Returned to the Vermont House of Representatives, Foot was again chosen to serve as Speaker, holding the post from 1847 to 1848.^[13]

Foot was a Delegate to the 1848 Whig National Convention, and was Chairman of the Vermont delegation.^[14][15]Abbott Lawrence of Massachusetts, who had worked diligently to obtain the Presidential nomination for Zachary Taylor, expected to be the Vice Presidential nominee, counting on the support of Thurlow Weed of New York and the southern delegates who had backed Taylor.^[14][15] Northern and border state delegates, who had backed Henry Clay or Daniel Webster for President, threatened to run a northern candidate in opposition to Taylor unless a northerner other than Lawrence—one seen as less willing to allow slavery—was selected for Vice President.^[14][15] They proposed Millard Fillmore of New York.^[14][15]

Other delegates promoted Fillmore because they opposed the efforts of Weed and William H. Seward to control the party in New York, and believed that Weed was working to install Seward as Secretary of State in a Taylor administration.^[14][15] They backed Fillmore for Vice President because in an era when the President, Vice President and cabinet were expected to reflect geographic balance, if Fillmore became Vice President, another New Yorker (Seward) could not be expected to claim a place in the cabinet.^[14][15]

Foot went to the convention as a supporter of Lawrence.^[14][15] Recognizing that the Whigs would likely collapse if Lawrence was nominated and northern delegates left the party, Foot agreed to support Fillmore.^[14][15] Lawrence's support eroded as other northern delegates followed Foot's lead, and on the first ballot, Fillmore had 115 votes and Lawrence 109.^[14][15] Fillmore won the nomination on the second ballot, and the ticket of Taylor and Fillmore went on to win the election.^[14][15]

Foot was elected to the United States Senate as a Whig in 1850.^[16] He became a Republican at the party's founding and was reelected to the Senate in 1856 and 1862.^[16] He served from March 4, 1851, until his death.^[17]

In early 1861 Foot met the Vermont delegates to the Peace Conference which attempted to prevent the start of the American Civil War.^[18] At this meeting, he shared with them his view that the conference was a sham by secessionists who hoped to obtain additional time to plan for the withdrawal of their states from the Union.^[18]

Foot was also Chairman of the Senate committee responsible for the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861.^[19]

Foot served as the Senate's President pro tempore from 1861 to 1864.^[20] Because Vice PresidentHannibal Hamlin was often absent, Foot usually presided over the Senate during the war, and he was commended for his tact and fairness.^[21]

He was Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1861 until his death.^[10] In this capacity, he oversaw completion of construction on the United States Capitol.^[22][23]

Foot died in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 1866.^[24] Funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate.^[25] He is interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont.^[8]

Foot was a Trustee of Middlebury College and the University of Vermont.^[26][27] He received an honoraryLL.D. degree from Middlebury in 1857.^[27][28]

Foot was married in 1839 to Emily Fay of Rutland.^[1] They had one daughter, Helen Eliza Foot (1840–1841).^[29] Emily died on May 2, 1842.^[30][31]

في عام 1844، تزوج فوت من ماري أ. (هودجز) دانا. ^{[ 1 ]}

تخرج شقيق فوت، جوناثان (المولود في 31 أكتوبر 1804)، من كلية فيرمونت الطبية عام 1829. ^{[ 2 ] : 272 [ 32 ]} استقر في ويتبي، أونتاريو ، كندا ، حيث مارس الطب. ^{[ 2 ] : 272 [ 32 ]}

عاشت والدة سولومون فوت معه في روتلاند حتى وفاتها عام 1845. ^{[ 2 ] : 208}

• قائمة بأسماء أعضاء الكونغرس الأمريكي الذين توفوا أثناء توليهم مناصبهم (1790-1899)

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  سولومون فوت كعضو في مجلس الشيوخ الأمريكي عام 1859
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  صورة من تصوير ماثيو برادي
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  المجلة الأمريكية لعلم فراسة الدماغ والحياة المصورة ، يونيو 1866.

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