Wallace T. Foote Jr.

Wallace T. Foote Jr.

Wallace Turner Foote junior (born April 7, 1864 in Port Henry , New York , † December 17, 1910 in New York City ) was an American civil engineer , lawyer and politician . Between 1895 and 1899 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wallace Turner Foote Jr. was born in Essex County during the Civil War . He attended Port Henry Union School and the Williston Seminary in East Hampton ( Massachusetts ). In 1885 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady , where he studied civil engineering . He was then Assistant Superintendent for the Cedar Point Furnace in Port Henry between 1885 and 1887 . In the following years he attended Columbia Law School in New York City. After receiving his license to practice law in 1889, he began practicing in Port Henry. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1894 congressional elections for the 54th Congress , Foote was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded John M. Wever on March 4, 1895 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1898 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1899 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he went back to his practice as a lawyer, but was also active in the mining industry. He died in New York City about four years before the outbreak of World War I and was then buried in Union Cemetery in Port Henry.

Web links

• Wallace T. Foote junior in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Wallace T. Foote junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)