Stephen Miller Foote (February 19, 1859 – October 30, 1919) was a career officer in the United States Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

As an expert in harbor defenses, an important strategic consideration beginning in the 1880s, Foote served on both the east and west coats of the United States.

[2] In 1880, Foote was appointed to the United States Military Academy (West Point) by Congressman Charles Herbert Joyce.

[7] Foote was next assigned as an assistant instructor of engineering at the Fort Monroe, Virginia Artillery School, where he served until March 1891.

[7] Foote served at Macon, Georgia as acting judge advocate of First Army Corps from November 1898 to February 1899.

[7] From July to November 1899, Foote was posted to Fort McDowell on Angel Island, California, where he oversaw construction of a military detention camp.

[7] Foote returned to the United States in December 1901, and was assigned to command the 4th Field Artillery Battery at Fort Myer, Virginia, where he was posted until March 1906.

[7] From June 1907 to December 1909, he commanded the post at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana and the Coast Artillery District of New Orleans.

[7] From January 1910 to August 1911, Foote served at Fort Stevens, Oregon as commander of the Coast Artillery District of the Columbia.

[7] He was then posted to Fort Howard, Maryland as commander of the Coast Artillery District of Baltimore, where he remained until January 1912.

[7] From January to March 1912, Foote was a student in the Field Officers' Course at the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Army Service Schools.

[7] On August 5, 1917, Foote was promoted to temporary brigadier general and assigned to command the 163rd Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

[7] After the brigade was organized and trained, Foote led it during combat with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, including the Meuse–Argonne offensive.

[7] He continued in command after the Armistice of November 11, 1918, and led the brigade back to Camp Dodge in January 1919 so it could be mustered out.