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1846 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
December 15th, 1846 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
1780 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
1829 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
1827 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
1833 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
1834 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
November 8th, 1780 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
1821 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe
1819 AD (search for this): entry foote-samuel-augustus
Foote, Samuel Augustus 1780-1846
Legislator; born in Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 8, 1780; graduated at Yale College in 1797; engaged in mercantile business in New Haven; was for several years a member of the State legislature; was a Representative in Congress in 1819-21, 1823-25, and 1833-34; and was United States Senator in 1827-33.
He resigned his seat in Congress in his last term on being elected governor of Connecticut.
In 1844 he was a Presidential elector on the Clay and Frelinghuysen ticket.
In 1829 he introduced a resolution in the Senate which was the occasion of the great debate between Robert Young Hayne, of South Carolina, and Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
The resolution, which seemed a simple affair to elicit such a notable debate, was as follows:
Resolved, that the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of the public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit, for a certain pe