Horatio Seymour (Vermont)

:"This article is about the U.S. Senator from Vermont. For the New York Governor and Democratic presidential candidate, see Horatio Seymour."Infobox Senator
name=Horatio Seymour


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jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Vermont
party=Democratic-Republican, National Republican, Whig
term=March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1833
preceded=Isaac Tichenor
succeeded=Benjamin Swift
date of birth=May 31, 1778
place of birth=Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
date of death=November 21, 1857
place of death=Middlebury, Vermont, USA
spouse=Lucy Case Seymour
profession=Politician, Lawyer, Judge, Teacher
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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1778 – November 21, 1857) was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was the uncle of Origen S. Seymour and the great-uncle of his son Edward W. Seymour.

He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on May 31, 1778. Seymour attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1797. He taught school in Cheshire, Connecticut and pursued legal studies in Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of law in Middlebury, Vermont.

From 1800 to 1809, he was postmaster of Middlebury. He was a member of the State executive council from 1809 to 1814; he was the State’s attorney for Addison County from 1810 to 1813 and from 1815 to 1819.

In 1821, running as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1833. He did not run for re-election to the senate, but ran for Governor of Vermont as a Whig in 1836, but lost.

He was a judge of the probate court from 1847 to 1856. He died in Middlebury, Vermont on November 21, 1857 and is interned in that city's West Cemetery.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22694 Horatio Seymour] at Find A Grave