Julius Hawley Seelye

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Julius H. Seelye

Julius Hawley Seelye (born September 14, 1824 in Bethel , Connecticut , †  May 12, 1895 in Amherst , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Julius Seelye attended Amherst College until 1849 . After studying theology at Auburn Theological Seminary and being ordained a clergyman in 1853, he served as pastor of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Schenectady ( New York ) between 1853 and 1858 . From 1858 to 1876 he was a philosophy professor at Amherst College. In 1872 he accepted an invitation to British India , where he also gave some lectures.

In the congressional election of 1874 Seelye was elected as an independent candidate in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles A. Stevens on March 4, 1875 . Since he refused to run again in 1876, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Julius Seelye was a member of a commission to revise the tax laws of the state of Massachusetts. From 1876 to 1890 he was President of Amherst College, succeeding William Augustus Stearns . He died on May 12, 1895 in Amherst, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Seelye, Julius Hawley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethel , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1895
Place of death Amherst , Massachusetts