Charles A. Foote
Charles Augustus Foote (April 15, 1785 – August 1, 1828) was a United States Representative from New York. Biography. Foote was born in Newburgh, New York. He attended private schools in Newburgh and Kingston, New York, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808 and practiced in New York City and later in Delhi, New York. He served as colonel in the New York State Militia, Sixth Division. He became Trustee of Delaware Academy and served as president of the village of Delhi. Foote was elected  as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He resumed the practice of law in Delhi, New York, where he died. He was interred in the private burying ground at "Arbor Hill," the estate of his father. Family. Charles A. Foote married 10 May 1808, Maria Baldwin, daughter of Jesse Baldwin and Margaretta de Hart of New York City, or Newark, New Jersey. Their children were, probably, born at Delhi, New York: