Horatio Seymour (Vermont politician)

Horatio Seymour
United States Senator
from Vermont
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byIsaac Tichenor
Succeeded byBenjamin Swift
Probate Judge of Addison County, Vermont
In office
1847–1856
Preceded bySilas H. Jennison
Succeeded byCalvin G. Tilden
State's Attorney of Addison County, Vermont
In office
1815–1818
Preceded byDavid Edmond
Succeeded byDavid Edmond
In office
1810–1813
Preceded byDavid Edmond
Succeeded byDavid Edmond
Member of the Vermont Governor's Council
In office
1809–1814
Personal details
Born(1778-05-31)May 31, 1778
Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1857(1857-11-21) (aged 79)
Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
National Republican
Whig
SpouseLucy Case Seymour
Children6 (including Horatio Seymour Jr.)
EducationYale College
Litchfield Law School
ProfessionAttorney
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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 Origen's son Edward W. Seymour.

Horatio Seymour's brother Henry became a resident of Utica, New York and was the father of Horatio Seymour, who served as Governor of New York, and of Julia Catherine Seymour, the wife of Senator Roscoe Conkling.