Henry Stuart Foote (February 28 1804 – May 20 1880) was a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1847 to 1852 and elected on a Unionist ticket as Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854. His strong leadership on the Senate floor helped secure passage of the Compromise of 1850 which for a time averted a civil war in the United States.
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