Horatio Seymour correspondence and biographical note, 1856-1867.

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Horatio Seymour correspondence and biographical note, 1856-1867.

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Three ALsS written by Seymour: one (1856 March 16) to an unknown recipient stating his plans to visit Little Falls, N.Y., another (1856 May 9) to S. M. Shaw declaring his dislike for politics, and a third (1856 July 26) to Robert McClelland relating to land grants along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers in Illinois and Wisconsin; ALS (1867 November 13) written by William M. Springer inviting Seymour to become a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1868; and a biograhical note.

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Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Shaw, S. M.

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McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880

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Robert McClelland was a Michigan congressmen and governor. He was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1807, and graduated from Dickinson College, Carlistle, Pennsylvania in 1829. He worked as a teacher before his admission to the Pennsylvania bar in 1831. McClelland moved to Monroe, Michigan two years later, becoming delegate in the state constitution convention in 1835. Robert McClelland served as Governor of Michigan, 1851-1853 and Secretary of the Interior, 1853-1857. He died in De...

Springer, William M.

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Born in Indiana in 1836, practiced law first in Lincoln, Ill. and then moved to Springfield in 1861 where he went into partnership with John McClernand and Robert B. Latham. Served as a Democrat in the Illinois Legislature 1871-1872 and the U.S. House of Representatives, 1875-1895. Died in 1903. From the description of Papers, 1874-1891. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55620928 U.S. Representative (Republican) from Illinois' twenty-second district...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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