Seth C. Moffatt

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Seth C. Moffatt

Seth Crittenden Moffatt (born August 10, 1841 in Battle Creek , Michigan , †  December 22, 1887 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1887 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Seth Moffatt attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his 1863 admission to the bar, he began in Traverse City to work in this profession. He then served ten years as a prosecutor in Grand Traverse Counties and Leelanau Counties . Politically, Moffatt became a member of the Republican Party . He served in the Michigan Senate in 1871 and 1872 . In 1873 he was a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution.

Between 1874 and 1878, Moffatt worked for the Land Office in Traverse City. He was a member and president of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1881 and 1882 . In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention . In the congressional elections of the same year he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eleventh constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Edward Breiten on March 4, 1885 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 22, 1887 . His mandate fell in a by-election to Henry W. Seymour .

Web links

  • Seth C. Moffatt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Moffatt, Seth C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moffatt, Seth Crittenden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Battle Creek , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1887
Place of death Washington, DC