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Samuel Augustus Foot 1780–1846, American politician, b. Cheshire, Conn. He served as a Democratic Republican in the Connecticut legislature (1817–18, 1821–23, 1825–26) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1819–21, 1823–25) before he was U.S. Senator (1827–33). In the Senate he became prominent by offering (1829) the Foot Resolution. He was again (1833) elected : this time a Whig : to the House of Representatives, but he resigned to become governor of Connecticut. His name appears sometimes as Foote.
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