Edward Woodruff Seymour

Edward Woodruff Seymour, 1888

Edward Woodruff Seymour (born August 30, 1832 in Litchfield , Connecticut , †  October 16, 1892 ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Seymour was the son of Origen S. Seymour , who was a Congressman for the State of Connecticut between 1851 and 1855. The younger Seymour attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Yale College until 1853 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1856, he began to practice in Litchfield and Bridgeport in his new profession.

Seymour was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1859 and 1871 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives on several occasions . In 1876 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional election of 1882 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut . There he took over from the Republican Frederick Miles on March 4, 1883 . After re-election in 1884, he was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1887 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Seymour initially worked as a lawyer again. In 1889 he was appointed to the Supreme Court Justice of his state. Edward Seymour died in Litchfield in October 1892 and was buried there.

Web links

• Edward Woodruff Seymour in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Woodruff Seymour in the database of Find a Grave (English)