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{{short description|American diplomat (1826–1913)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Lucius Harwood Foote
|order image = Lucius Harwood Foote.png
|image order1 = 1st
|minister_from1 = United States
|image_size =
|country1 = Korea
|caption =
|president1 = [[Chester A. Arthur]]
|predecessor = None
|term_start1 = May 20, 1883
|successor = [[William Harwar Parker]], 1886
|term_end1 = February 19, 1885
|title =
|predecessor1 = Diplomatic relations established
|footnotes =
|successor1 = [[George Clayton Foulk]], ''chargé d'affaires ad interim'' <br/> [[William Harwar Parker]] (as Consul General)
|signature =
|order2 = 1st
|predecessor2 =
|president2 =
|successor2 =
|title2 = [[United States Ambassador to Korea]]
|party =
|birth_name =
|birth_date = April{{Birth date|1826|04|10, 1826}}
|birth_place = [[Winfield (town), New York|Winfield]], New York]], U.S.
|death_date = June{{Death 4,date and age|1913 (aged 87)|06|04|1826|04|10}}
|death_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.
|death_cause =
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|spouse = {{Marriage|Rose Frost Carter|1862|1885|end=d.}}
|relations = Lucius Foote (father) and Electa Harwood (mother)
|children =
|alma_mater =
|profession = stateState militia officer, U.S.and Ambassadordiplomat
|allegiance = {{Flagdeco|California Republic}} California<br>{{Flagu|United States|1877|size=23px}}
|religion =
|allegiancebranch = {{Flag|[[California}}<br>{{Flag|United StatesNational Guard|1912|size=23px}}Californian Militia]]
|serviceyears = 1871-18751871–1875▼
|branch = [[California National Guard]]
|rank = [[Adjutant Generalgeneral]]▼
▲|serviceyears = 1871-1875
▲|rank = [[Adjutant General]]
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|signature = Signature of Lucius Harwood Foote (1826–1913).png
}}
 
'''Lucius Harwood Foote''' (1826–1913April 10, 1826 – June 4, 1913) was the first American minister to [[Korea]] and served from 1883- to 1885.
 
==Early life==
Lucius Foote was born April 10, 1826, in [[Winfield (town), New York|Winfield, New York]] <ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/foote.html |title=Lucius Harwood Foote] |access-date=2010-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212123/http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/foote.html |website=myweb.wvnet.edu |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to Rev. Lucius Foote and Electa Harwood. He married in 1862 to Rose Frost Carter (d. 1885).
 
==Pre-Korea years==
Lucius Foote was the [[Adjutant General]] of the [[California National Guard]], from December 21, 1871- – December 13, 1875.
 
==U.S. Ambassadorambassador to Korea==▼
In May 1882, Korea and the United States signed a treaty of commerce([[:ko:조미United 수호States–Korea 통상Treaty 조약of 1882|조미treaty 수호of 통상 조약commerce]]), in Chemulpo Port (modern day [[Incheon]]). This treaty required an American political presence in Korea. Foote was assigned a year later, with the title, "''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary''". However, due to low trade volumes, in July 1884, Foote was demoted to the position of "''Minister Resident''". In August 1884, he purchased a [[hanok]]-style house, from the Min family and thus established the [[Embassy of the United States, Seoul|American Legation]].<ref>[{{cite web | title=An old house for a new neighbor | website=Joins.com | date=July 12, 2009 | url=http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?Total_ID=3683891 An| oldarchive-url=https://archive.today/20120708000114/http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?Total_ID=3683891 house| forarchive-date=2012-07-08 a| newurl-status=dead neighbor]}}</ref> He shared the building with [[Horace Newton Allen]]. When Lucius Foote resigned and left [[Seoul]], in January 1885, [[George Clayton Foulk]] replaced him. ▼
<gallery>
File:Rosefooteinpalanquin-aug1907newspaper.jpg|Rose, the spouse of Lucius Foote, in a [[Litter (vehicle)|palanquin]] in Korea
</gallery>
 
▲==U.S. Ambassador to Korea==
▲In May 1882, Korea and the United States signed a treaty of commerce([[:ko:조미 수호 통상 조약|조미 수호 통상 조약]]), in Chemulpo Port (modern day [[Incheon]]). This treaty required an American political presence in Korea. Foote was assigned a year later, with the title, "''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary''". However, due to low trade volumes, in July 1884, Foote was demoted to the position of "''Minister Resident''". In August 1884, he purchased a [[hanok]]-style house, from the Min family and thus established the [[American Legation]]<ref>[http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?Total_ID=3683891 An old house for a new neighbor]</ref> He shared the building with [[Horace Newton Allen]]. When Lucius Foote resigned and left [[Seoul]], in January 1885, [[George Clayton Foulk]] replaced him.
 
==Later years==
Lucius Foote retired to [[San Francisco]], California. He died there on June 4, 1913.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98299033/lucius-harwood-foote-is-claimed-by-death/ |title=Lucius Harwood Foote is Claimed by Death |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |page=20 |date=1913-06-05 |access-date=2022-03-24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
 
==Death==
Lucius Foote retired to [[San Francisco]] and later died June 4, 1913.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/lawyer.D-J.html Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in California]</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html Political Graveyard]
 
{{US Ambassadors to Korea}}
{{Authority control}}
 
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[[Category:19th-century American diplomats]]▼
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Korea]]▼
[[Category:1826 births]]
[[Category:1913 deaths]]
▲[[Category:19th-century American diplomats]]
▲[[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Korea]]
[[Category:People from Herkimer County, New York]]
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