Education
Born in Portuguese Henry, New York, Foote attended the Portuguese Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated as a civil engineer from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1885.
United States representative politician
Born in Portuguese Henry, New York, Foote attended the Portuguese Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated as a civil engineer from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1885.
He served as assistant superintendent of the Cedar Point Furnace in Portuguese Henry 1885–1887. He attended Columbia Law School, New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Portuguese Henry.
Foote was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in mining.
He died in New York City December 17, 1910. He was interred in Union Cemetery, Portuguese Henry, New New York