1. Elisha Foote was an American judge, inventor, and mathematician.
15 Facts About Elisha Foote
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Elisha Foote served as the eleventh United States Commissioner of Patents from 1868 to 1869 and was responsible for launching an investigation into previous mismanagement of the post.
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Elisha Foote was married to the scientist and women's rights campaigner Eunice Newton Foote.
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Elisha Foote was the son of Elisha Foote and Delia Foote.
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Elisha Foote was the cousin of US Senator Solomon Foot of Vermont.
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Elisha Foote studied law with Judge Daniel Cady in Johnstown, New York.
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Elisha Foote served as district attorney and then judge of the court of common pleas of Seneca County, New York, before resigning in 1846.
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Elisha Foote's specialty was patent law, and he made several valuable inventions.
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On July 25,1868, Elisha Foote was appointed as the eleventh Commissioner of Patents, to fill the remaining term of Thomas Clarke Theaker who was forced to resign.
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When Elisha Foote became commissioner, he began investigating expenditures of the department, noting that the quantities of supplies and the prices paid for them were exorbitant.
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Elisha Foote filed a complaint with the Secretary of the Interior and an investigation was launched.
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Elisha Foote discovered cases in which patents had been granted for money, rather on their merits.
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Elisha Foote was the author of several books and papers on mathematics.
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Elisha Foote patented several mechanical inventions, including a skate, a drying machine, and a reaping and binding machine.
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Elisha Foote died in St Louis, Missouri on October 22,1883.