Samuel A Foot

★ Governor

Born: November 8, 1780
Died: September 15, 1846
Age at death: 65
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1821–1835

Career timeline

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1-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Foot38,979

Opponents126,646

Elections run

Between 1821 and 1835, Samuel A Foot ran in 4 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 1 and losing 3. Foot's biggest single-election total was 19,835 votes, in the 1835 governor election in Connecticut. Foot's closest win came in the 1834 governor election in Connecticut, decided by 2,577 votes.

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How many votes has Samuel A Foot received?

Samuel A Foot has received 38,979 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–3.

Election history

Samuel A Foot’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1835	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	19,83546.72%	Henry W Edwards (head-to-head)
1834	GovernorConnecticut	Won	18,41149.83%	Henry W Edwards (head-to-head) Zalmon Storrs
1825	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	5741.44%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Elisha Phelps Ralph Ingersol Orange Merwin Noyes Barber (head-to-head) John Baldwin Daniel Burrows Elisha Tracy (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Willey (head-to-head) Dennis Kimberly Asa Barron George Learnid Samual Church Robert Fairchild William A Sherman Lyman Law (head-to-head) Calvin Goddard Williams (head-to-head)
1821	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1590.32%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Henry Edwards John Russ Ebenezer Stoddard Ansel Sterling Daniel Burrows Willey (head-to-head) Elisha Tracy (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head) Phelps Samuel B Sherwood James Stevens Ogden Moreley Denison Asa Bacon Zephaniah Swift Seth P Staples Smith E Huntington Ingersoll Henry W Ellsworth Johnson David Plant Lemuel Whitman

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.