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Thomas Hart Seymour

SEYMOUR, Thomas Hart, governor of Connecticut, born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1808; died there, 3 September, 1868. His early education was obtained in the schools of his native city, and he was graduated at Captain Alden Partridge's military institute at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1829. He was, for some time after his return to Hartford, the commanding officer of the Hartford light-guard. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Hartford about 1833. He soon attained to a fair practice, but never aspired to a high position in his profession. In 1837-'8 he became editor of a Democratic paper, " The Jeffersonian," and about the same time was judge of probate for the district. His popular manners and address soon threw him into politics, and in 1843 he was elected to congress from the Hartford district. At the expiration of his term he declined a renomination. In March, 1846, he was commissioned major of the 9th or New England regiment of volunteers in the Mexican war. On 13 October, 1847, Colonel Ransom, its commander, having fallen in the assault on Chapultepec, Major Seymour led the troops, scaled the height, and with his command was the first to enter that fortress, tie was promoted to the command of the regiment, and took part in the capture of Mexico. In 1849 he was nominated for governor, but, though gaining largely over the vote of the preceding year, he was not elected. The next year he was again a candidate, and was chosen by a handsome majority, and re-elected in 1851, 1852, and 1853. In 1852 he was presidential elector. In the autumn of 1853 President Pierce appointed him United States minister to Russia, and, resigning the governorship, he filled the office for four years. He formed a warm personal friendship for both the Czar Nicholas and his son, and received from them many costly tokens of their regard. After nearly a year of European travel he returned to the United States in 1858. When the civil war began, his sympathies were largely with the south, and he continued his opposition to the war until its close as the leader of the Connecticut Peace Democrats. In 1862 the state senate voted that his portrait, with that of Isaac Toucey, should be removed from the chamber till the comptroller should be satisfied of his loyalty. In 1863 he was again a candidate for governor, but was defeated by William A. Buckingham. after an exciting contest.

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