Seymour, David L – Shaler, Alexander
Seymour, David L
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1802 in Connecticut. In 1836 he was a member of the New York state legislature; and was a master in chancery. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1845, and from 1851 to 1853. He died Oct. 11, 1867, in Lanesborough, Mass.
Seymour, Edward Woodruff
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 30, 1832, in Litchfield, Conn.
He was a representative in the Connecticut state legislature in 1859, 1860, 1870, and 1871. In 1875 he moved to Bridgeport; and in 1876 was a state senator. He was elected a representative from Connecticut to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Seymour, George Franklin
clergyman, bishop, author, was born Jan. 5, 1829, in New York city. He was the founder of St. Stephen's college of Annandale, N. Y. For many years he was dean and professor of ecclesiastical history in the General Theological seminary, New York; he is the bishop of Springfield, Ill., to which high office he has been elected three times. He is the author of Modern Romanism Not Catholicity.
Seymour, Henry
merchant, state senator, was born May 30, 1780, in Litchfield, Conn. He served in both branches of the New York legislature, and was mayor of Utica, canal commissioner, and president of the Farmers' Loan and Trust company. He died Aug. 26, 1837, in Utica, N. Y.
Seymour, Henry William
manu-- facturer, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1834 in Brockport, N. Y. In 1880 he was elected to the Michigan state house of representatives from the Cheboygan district; was elected state senator in 1882 from the thirtieth district; and in 1886 was re-elected from the same district. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Seymour, Horatio
lawyer, state senator, was born May 31, 1778, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a judge of probate and a member of the council of Vermont.
He was a senator in congress from Vermont from 1821 to 1833.
Seymour, Horatio
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born May 31, 1810, in Pompey Hill, N. Y. He was a member of the New York state assembly in 1841; was mayor of Utica in 1842, and was speaker of the lower house of the legislature in 1845.
He was governor of New York from 1853 to 1855, and from 1863 to 1865.
In 1868 he was nominated for the presidency of the United States, but received only eighty electoral votes, and was defeated by General Grant.
He died Feb. 12, 1886, in Utica, N. Y.
Seymour, John
governor. In 1703 he was appointed governor of Maryland serving until 1709. He died July 30, 1709.
Seymour, Mrs. Mary
(HARRISON), author, was born Sept. 7, 1835, in Oxford, Conn. She is a writer of Hartford whose writings are mainly for juvenile readers.
Among them are, Mollie's Christmas Stocking; Sunshine and Starlight; Recompense; Through the Darkness; and Ned, Nellie, and Amy.
Seymour, Moses
soldier, state legislator, was born July 23, 1742, in Hartford, Conn. He held the office of town-clerk of Litchfield for thirty-seven years consecutively from 1789 till his death, was elected annually to the legislature from 1795 till 1811, and was active in the affairs of the protestant episcopal church. He died Sept. 17, 1826, in Litchfield, Conn.
Seymour, Origen Storrs
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1804, in Litchfield, Conn.
He served in the Connecticut state legislature, and was speaker in 1850. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1851 to 1855, and in the latter year was appointed judge of the superior court, holding the office until 1863. In 1870 he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of errors, and in 1873 was appointed chief justice of the same. died Aug. 12, 1881, in Litchfield, Conn.
Seymour, Thomas Day
educator, author, was born in 1840 in Ohio. He is a professor of Greek at Yale university from 1880, and the author of Homeric Vocabulary; School Iliad; Selected Odes of Pindar, with Notes; Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer; and Homer's Iliad.
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Seymour, Thomas Hart
soldier, journalist, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1808 in Hartford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1843 to 1845. In 1846 he went to Mexico as a major of the New England regiment. He was elected governor of the state of Connecticut in 1850, and was three times re-elected.
He was subsequently appointed minister to Russia. He died Sept. 3, 1868, in Hartford, Conn.
Seymour, Truman
soldier, was born Sept. 25, 1824, in Burlington, Vt. He served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars, and attained the brevet of major-general in the United States army.
Seymour, William
state legislator, congressman, was born in Connecticut.
He served as a member of the New York assembly in 1832 and 1834; and was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837.
Shackelford, James M
soldier, lawyer, was born July 7, 1827, in Lincoln county, Kỳ. He served in the Mexican war as a lieutenant; and during the civil war attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. Since 1865 he has practiced law in Evansville, Ind., and in 1880 was a republican presidential elector.
Shadwick, William
congressman.
He was a member of congress from North Carolina during the years 1796 and 1797.
Shafer, Helen Almira
educator, was born Sept. 23, 1839, in Newark, N. J.
In 1877 she became professor of mathematics at Wellesley college, near Boston, Mass., and was made president of this institution in 1888.
Shafer, Jacob K
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1826, in Rockingham county, Va. In 1849 he moved to Stockton, Cal., and in 1850 was elected district attorney. In 1852 he was elected mayor of Stockton, and in 1853 was judge of San Joaquin county, and continued in office until 1862, when he removed to Washington territory. He was elected delegate from the territory of Washington to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Shaffner, Taliaferro Preston
inventor, author, was born in 1818 in Smithfield, Va. He was an inventor of note, and the author of The Telegraph Companion; The Telegraph Manual; The Secession War in America; History of America; and Odd Fellowship. He died Dec. 11, 1881, in Troy, N. Y.
Shafroth, John F
lawyer, congressman, was born June 9, 1854, in Fayette, Mo. He practiced law at Fayette, Mo., until 1879, when he removed to Denver, Col., where he has ever since pursued his profession. In 1887 he was elected city attorney of Denver, and was reelected to the same position in 1889. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican, and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a silver republican.
Shafter, James Mcmillan
lawyer, state legislator, was born May 27, 1816, in Athens, Vt. He was admitted to the bar in 1840, practiced law in Townsend and Burlington, Vt., served in the legislature, and in 1842-49 was secretary of state. Removing to Wisconsin in 1849, he served in the legislature, was its speaker, and in 1852 was a defeated candidate for congress. In 1852 he removed to California; served in the California senate in 1861-62, and again in 1863-64.
Shafter, Oscar Lovell
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 19, 1812, in Athens, Vt.
In 1854 he removed to California, and practiced his profession there until 1864, when he became associate justice of the state supreme court for a term of ten years. He died Jan. 23, 1873, in Florence, Italy.
Shafter, William R
soldier, was born in 1835 in Kalamazoo county, Mich.
He served in the civil war as first lieutenant of the seventh Michigan infantry, and as major and lieutenant-colonel of the nineteenth Michigan infantry. He was engaged in dozen hotly contested battles, and was brevetted first as colonel and then as brigadier-general for gallant and meritoria ous conduct. In commissioned lieuten- 1866 he was ant-colonel in the regular army, and in 1897 was commissioned brigadiergeneral. During the Spanish-American war he was in full command of the United States forces in Cuba; and won international fame for his brilliant capture of Santiago.
Shakespeare, Edward Oram
physician, was born May 19, 1846, in Dover, Del. He spent six months in studying cholera, and made his report to congress. He is a member of several medical societies of Philadelphia, Pa., and has devised for clinical purposes a new ophthalmoscope and ophthalmometer. was
Shaler, Alexander
soldier, engineer, author, was born March 19, 1827, in Haddam, Conn. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863, and brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers in 1865. He was consulting engineer to the Chicago board of police and fire in 1874-75, being charged with the reorganization and instruction of the fire department in that city. From 1867 till 1886 he was major-general of the first division of the national guard of New York, and was an organizer and president of the National Rifle association of the United States. He published a Manual of Arms for Light Infantry Using the Rifle Musket.