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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutOrigen Storrs SEYMOUR
(1804-1881)
SEYMOUR, Origen Storrs,
(father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour),
a Representative from Connecticut; born in Litchfield, Conn.,
February 9, 1804; attended the public schools and was graduated
from Yale College in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1826 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Conn.; served as county
clerk 1836-1844; member of the State house of representatives in
1842, 1849, and 1850, and served as speaker in 1850; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4,
1851-March 3, 1855); judge of the superior court of Connecticut
1855-1863; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1864
and 1865; judge of the State supreme court in 1870, chief justice
in 1873, and served until retired by age limitation in 1874;
chairman of the commission to settle the boundary dispute between
Connecticut and New York in 1876; again a member of the State house
of representatives in 1880; died in Litchfield, Conn., August 12,
1881; interment in East Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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