Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A collaborative political resource." 
Email: Password:

  Seymour, Thomas Hart
  CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic   
NameThomas Hart Seymour
Address
Hartford, Connecticut , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born September 29, 1807
Died September 03, 1868 (61 years)
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifedRBH
Dec 24, 2014 01:15am
Tags
Infoa Representative from Connecticut; born in Hartford, Conn., September 29, 1807; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middletown (Conn.) Military Academy in 1829; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Hartford, Conn.; editor of the Jeffersonian in 1837 and 1838; judge of probate 1836-1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); declined the renomination in 1844; served in the Mexican War; commissioned major in the Connecticut Infantry March 16, 1846, and in the Ninth United States Infantry April 9, 1847; lieutenant colonel of the Twelfth Infantry August 12, 1847; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 1849; Governor of Connecticut 1850-1853; Minister to Russia 1853-1858; again an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1863; died in Hartford, Conn., September 3, 1868; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

[Link]

JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  07/09/1868 US President - D Convention Lost 0.20% (-31.44%)
  08/31/1864 US President - D Convention Lost 16.89% (-60.44%)
  04/06/1863 CT Governor Lost 48.32% (-3.32%)
  04/04/1860 CT Governor Lost 49.70% (-0.61%)
  05/24/1853 US Ambassador to Russia Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/06/1853 CT Governor Won 51.01% (+16.79%)
  05/11/1852 CT US Senate Lost 14.60% (-2.32%)
  04/07/1852 CT Governor Won 50.38% (+5.39%)
  04/02/1851 CT Governor Won 48.94% (+1.99%)
  04/03/1850 CT Governor Won 48.11% (+1.10%)
  04/04/1849 CT Governor Lost 44.41% (-4.94%)
  04/07/1845 CT District 1 Lost 46.48% (-4.49%)
  04/03/1843 CT District 1 Won 49.07% (+0.39%)
  04/05/1841 CT District 1 Lost 42.92% (-14.15%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Get Firefox!