Henry Foote) (1813–1899) was an American Confederate veteran, attorney, planter, slaveholder, and state politician from Mississippi.

Hezekiah William Foote was born on December 17, 1813, in Chester County, South Carolina.

[1] He then served as Chancery Clerk of Noxubee County and was elected as district judge.

[1] He was one of the co-founders of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, founded as a Methodist institution, and served on its board of trustees.

[1][3] He was related to Henry S. Foote, the governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854, who lived where the campus of Vanderbilt University was established.