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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkWilliam SEYMOUR
(17801848)
SEYMOUR, William, a
Representative from New York; born in Connecticut about 1780; moved
to Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., about 1793; attended the public
schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced
practice in Binghamton, N.Y.; returned to Windsor in 1807; justice
of the peace 1812-1828; in 1833, upon his appointment as first
judge of the court of common pleas of Broome County, returned to
Binghamton; elected as one of the first trustees of the village in
1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March
4, 1835-March 3, 1837); again served as first judge of the court of
common pleas in Broome County until 1847; resumed the practice of
his profession in Binghamton, where he died December 28, 1848;
interment in Binghamton Cemetery; reinterred in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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