Seaborn Roddenbery

Seaborn Roddenbery (1912)

Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery (born January 12, 1870 in Bainbridge , Georgia , †  September 25, 1913 in Thomasville , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1910 and 1913 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Life

In his early teens, Seaborn Roddenbery came to Thomas County where he attended public schools. He then studied for three years at Mercer University in Macon . He then taught languages ​​and mathematics at South Georgia College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1894, he began to work in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Roddenbery was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1892 and 1893 . From 1895 to 1898 he was chairman of the Thomas County Education Committee; between 1897 and 1901 he was a judge in this district. In 1903 and 1904 Roddenbery served as mayor of the city of Thomasville. After the death of MP James M. Griggs , he was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the due by-election for the second seat of the state of Georgia . There he took up his new mandate on February 6, 1910. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 25, 1913 . There he vehemently opposed calls for an increase in pensions for veterans of the civil war . Roddenbery was a staunch racist and a supporter of racial segregation ; so he condemned interracial marriages. He even suggested adding a corresponding ban to the constitution. But he couldn't get his way. In the context of this debate, Roddenbery made the following statement:

Intermarriage between whites and blacks is repulsive and averse to every sentiment of pure American spirit. It is abhorrent and repugnant. It is subversive to social peace. It is destructive of moral supremacy, and ultimately this slavery to black beasts will bring this nation to a fatal conflict.

“White-black marriages are repulsive and a risk to every aspect of the pure American spirit. They are appalling and hideous. They undermine social peace. They destroy moral superiority. Ultimately, slavery among black animals will plunge the nation into fatal conflict. "

- Seaborn Roddenbery

Seaborn Roddenbery was a heavy smoker. That may have been the cause of his larynx cancer, which he eventually died of.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gilmore, Al-Tony (1975). Bad nigger! The National Impact of Jack Johnson. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press. ISBN 0804690618 , page 108

Web links

• Seaborn Roddenbery in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Seaborn Roddenbery in the database of Find a Grave (English)