Horatio Seymour (Vermont)
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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1778–November 21, 1857) was a United States Senator from Vermont. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut., May 31, 1778; attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1797; taught school in Cheshire, Connecticut; pursued legal studies in Litchfield Law School; admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of law in Middlebury, Vermont.; postmaster of Middlebury 1800-1809; member, State executive council 1809-1814; State’s attorney for Addison County 1810-1813, 1815-1819; elected as a Democratic Republican (later Adams-Clay Republican) to the United States Senate in 1821; reelected as an Adams Democrat in 1827 (later Anti-Jacksonian) and served from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1833; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-second Congress); unsuccessful Whig candidate for governor of Vermont in 1836; judge of the probate court 1847-1856; died in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, November 21, 1857; interment in West Cemetery.
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded by Isaac Tichenor |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Vermont 1821 – 1833 Served alongside: William A. Palmer, Dudley Chase, Samuel Prentiss |
Succeeded by Benjamin Swift |
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