In 1843 or 1845, Foot moved to Bachelor's Grove (later Footville) in Rock County, Wisconsin.[1][2] In 1846, he ran for the first constitutional convention for the Constitution of Wisconsin, but lost. In 1847, he was elected to the second constitutional convention in Wisconsin.[1] Foot was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1858. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing 17th district, as a Republican from 1861 to 1862.[1][3] He was a trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane for several years.[1] He was the founder and namesake of Footville.[4][5] He was instrumental in having a railroad built in Footville and he was president of the board of trustees of the Evansville Cemetery.[2]
During the American Civil War, Foot was chaplain of the 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.[6] In 1869, Foot moved to La Cygne, Kansas. He was elected the first mayor of the city in 1870 and also served as its probate judge.[1][7] In March 1876, he returned to Footville, Wisconsin.[1][8] He was a member of the county board of supervisors in Rock County and served as chair of the body for three years.[1][2] In 1885 and at the time of his death, he was justice of the peace in Footville.[2]
Personal life
Foot married Clarissa.[2] He had two children, J. I. and Mrs. E. H. Egerton.[4] In 1847, his family moved into a grout house in Footville.[2]
Foot died on December 21, 1885, at his home in Footville.[1][4] He was buried at Grove Cemetery in Footville.[2]
