MS HC115

Honors William Henderson Foote, born June 27, 1843, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as the first African-American federal agent killed in the line of duty on December 29, 1883.

Foote served in the Mississippi Legislature from 1870 to 1871 as one of 30 African-American Republicans and later worked as constable, Circuit Court clerk, and deputy collector for the U.S. Department of Treasury's Bureau of Internal Revenue (predecessor to the ATF).

Foote was posthumously awarded the Gold Star Medal by the ATF in July 2011 and his name will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall on May 13, 2012, and the ATF's Memorial Wall on May 14, 2012, both in Washington, D.C.

Directs that copies of the resolution be furnished to Foote's family and members of the Capitol Press Corps.