After the war , Foote returned to Nashville , Tennessee , where he practiced law . He was also a frequent visitor to Washington , D.C . He joined the Republican Party in 1875 , and he attended the 1876 Republican National Convention . He published two memoirs and a history of the law in the region . He was the appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes to serve as the Superintendent of the New Orleans Mint from 1878 to 1880
1876 Republican National Convention
1876 Republican National Convention
Henry S. Foote