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HTML

<table style="border: 1px solid #000">
<thead>
  <tr><td>Header</td></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>Bodyt</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td>
 <select>
        <option value="222"></option>
        <option value="2222">2222</option>
        <option value="zaza">zaza</option>
    </select>
    </td>
    </tr>
</tfoot>
</table>

JavaScript

$(function(){
	$("tfoot select").val("zaza");
});