Abram W. Foote

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Abram W. Foote

Abram William Foote (born October 24, 1862 in Cornwall , Vermont , † May 14, 1941 in Middlebury , Vermont) was an American businessman and politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1921 to 1923 .

Life

Abram William Foote was born in Cornwall, Vermont. After finishing school in Middlebury, he worked as a farmer and businessman in banking, insurance and other business fields. He founded the Cornwall Telephone Company and built the first link between Addison County and Burlington . He later sold the company to New England Telephone . In 1908 he founded the Rutland County Telephone Company, where he served as a manager.

He was the grandfather of Ralph A. Foote , Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1965.

As a member of the Republican Party of Vermont, he held various public offices and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1900 to 1901 . Foote was elected Addison County's Side Judge in 1902 and re-elected in 1904. He won the election to the House of Representatives again in 1914 for a term of office. In 1916 he won the Vermont Senate election . His term of office lasted from 1917 to 1919, he was elected vice governor in 1920 and held this office from 1921 to 1923.

In 1922, Foote ran unsuccessfully for a nomination within the Republican Party for election to the office of governor of Vermont. He lost the election to Redfield Proctor junior . Foote served another term in the House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933.

Abram W. Foote died in Middlebury, Vermont on May 14, 1941. His grave is in West Cornwall's Evergreen Cemetery.

literature

  • The Foote Family, Comprising The Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote Of Weathersfield, Conn. And His Descendants , Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Issue 1, 1907

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by the Vermont Secretary of State , 1917, p. 507
  2. ^ Who's Who in New England , edited by AN Marquis, Chicago, Issue 1, 1909, p. 374
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, pp. 193-194
  4. ^ Newspaper article, Miss Judith E. Foote Becomes Bride of William G. Hermann, Bennington Banner, July 31, 1956.
  5. ^ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, Issue 4, 1921, p. 548
  6. ^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service ( Memento April 15, 2012 on the Internet Archive ), issued by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, p. 1
  7. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, edited by the Vermont General Assembly , 1905, p. 476.
  8. ↑ 1922 Primary Election results ( Memento June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), edited by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
  9. ^ Newspaper article, Proctor Wins in Vermont, Indianapolis Star, September 14, 1922
  10. ^ Who's Who Among Association Executives , Institute for Research in Biography, Inc., 1935, 174.
  11. ^ Obituary, Abram W. Foote , New York Times , May 15, 1941.
personal data
SURNAME Foote, Abram W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foote, Abram William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Cornwall , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1941
Place of death Middlebury , Vermont