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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJulius Hawley SEELYE
(1824-1895)
SEELYE, Julius Hawley, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., September 14, 1824; was graduated from Amherst
(Mass.) College in 1849; studied theology, and was graduated from
Auburn Theological Seminary in 1852; ordained as a minister in 1853
and became pastor of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church,
Schenectady, N.Y., 1853-1858; professor of mental and moral
philosophy in Amherst College 1858-1876; accepted an invitation to
deliver a course of lectures in India in 1872; elected as an
Independent to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3,
1877); declined to be a candidate for reelection; member of the
commission to revise the tax laws of Massachusetts; president of
Amherst College 1876-1890; died in Amherst, Mass., May 12, 1895;
interment in Wildwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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