Edward Woodruff Seymour
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Edward Woodruff Seymour (August 30, 1832 – October 16, 1892) was a U.S. Representative
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from Connecticut
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, son of Origen Storrs Seymour, great-nephew of Horatio Seymour
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Born in Litchfield, Connecticut
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Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is known as an affluent summer resort. The population was 8,316 at the 2000 census. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town...
, Seymour attended the public schools and was graduated from Yale College
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in 1853.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar
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in 1856 and practiced in Litchfield and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1859, 1860, 1870, and 1871.
He served in the State senate in 1876.
Seymour was elected as a Democrat
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to the Forty-eighth
48th United States Congress
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and Forty-ninth
49th United States Congress
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Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887).
He resumed the practice of his profession.
He was appointed as a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1889.
He died in Litchfield, Connecticut
Litchfield, Connecticut
Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is known as an affluent summer resort. The population was 8,316 at the 2000 census. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town...
, on October 16, 1892.
He was interred in East Cemetery.