William Seymour (politician)

William Seymour (born February 22, 1775 in Waterbury , Colony of Connecticut , † December 28, 1848 in Binghamton , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Seymour was born in New Haven County about two months before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War . Around 1793 he moved to Windsor , Broome County . Seymour attended public schools. He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1806, he began practicing in Binghamton. He returned to Windsor in 1807. Between 1812 and 1828 he worked as a justice of the peace. After being appointed First Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Broome County in 1833 , he returned to Binghamton. He became one of the Village's first trustees in 1834 .

Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction. In the 1834 congressional elections for the 24th Congress , Seymour was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 20th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Noadiah Johnson on March 4, 1835 . He retired after the March 3, 1837 from the Congress .

After his time in Congress, he served as First Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Broome County until 1847 . He then resumed his practice in Binghamton, where he died on December 28, 1848. His body was interred in Binghamton Cemetery and later reburied in Glenwood Cemetery .

Web links

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

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