Elisha Foote was an American judge, inventor, and mathematician. He 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. He was married to the scientist and women's rights campaigner Eunice Newton Foote.
- Occupation
- judge, meteorological observer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 1, 1809
- Died
- October 22, 1883
