David L. Seymour

For other people named David Seymour, see David Seymour (disambiguation).

David Lowrey Seymour (December 2, 1803 - October 11, 1867) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Life

He was born on December 2, 1803 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

He graduated from Yale College in 1826, and was a tutor at Yale College from 1828 to 1830. Then he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He commenced the practice of law in Troy, New York.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1836.

He served as District Attorney of Rensselaer County, New York from October 14, 1839, to October 14, 1842. He became a master in chancery in 1839.

Seymour was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, served from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845), and was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.

Seymour was elected to the Thirty-second Congress, served from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, and was chairman of the Committee on Commerce. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of his profession.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention at New York in 1867.

He died on October 11, 1867 in Lanesboro, Massachusetts and was buried at Mount Ida Cemetery in Troy, New York.

Legacy

His law partner and son-in-law Charles E. Patterson was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1882.

Source

United States House of Representatives
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