Origen S. Seymour
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Origen Storrs Seymour (February 9, 1804 - August 12, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour.
Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Seymour attended the public schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1824. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Connecticut. He served as county clerk 1836-1844. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1842, 1849, and 1850, and served as speaker in 1850.
Seymour was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855). He served as judge of the superior court of Connecticut 1855-1863. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1864 and 1865. He served as judge of the State supreme court in 1870, chief justice in 1873, and served until retired by age limitation in 1874. He served as chairman of the commission to settle the boundary dispute between Connecticut and New York in 1876. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1880. Seymour was the first president of the Connecticut Bar Association. He died in Litchfield, Connecticut, August 12, 1881. He was interred in East Cemetery.
