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Origen S. Seymour

American judge (1804–1881)

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American judge (1804–1881)

Field	Value
name	Origen Storrs Seymour
birth_date
birth_place	Litchfield, Connecticut
death_date
death_place	Litchfield, Connecticut
image	OrigenSeymour.jpg
imagesize	200px
office	Chief Justice of the
Connecticut Supreme Court
term_start	1873
term_end	1874
office2	Speaker of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
1850
office3	Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th district
term_start3	March 4, 1851
term_end3	March 3, 1855
preceded3	Thomas B. Butler
succeeded3	William W. Welch
office4	Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
term_start4	1842
term_end4	1842
term_start5	1849
term_end5	1850
term_start6	1880
term_end6	1880
party	Democratic
alma_mater	Yale College
spouse	Lucy Morris Woodruff
children	Edward Woodruff Seymour and Morris Woodruff Seymour

Connecticut Supreme Court Connecticut House of Representatives 1850 United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district Connecticut House of Representatives

Origen Storrs Seymour (February 9, 1804 – August 12, 1881) was a Democratic Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1850 and the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1873 to 1874. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1864 and 1865. He served as U.S. Representative from Connecticut from the 4th congressional district. He served as chairman of the commission to settle the boundary dispute between Connecticut and New York in 1876. Seymour was the first president of the Connecticut Bar Association.

Early life and family

Seymour was the son of Ozias Seymour (1776–1851) and Selima Storrs Seymour. He was born and attended the public schools in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale College in 1824 in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour.

Political career

He served as county clerk 1836–1844. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1842, 1849–1850, and served as Speaker of the Connecticut House in 1850. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1880.

Seymour was elected to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855).

He served as judge of the superior court of Connecticut 1855–1863.

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor in 1864 and 1865.

He served as judge of the State supreme court in 1870, chief justice in 1873, and served until retired by age limitation in 1874.

He died in Litchfield, Connecticut, August 12, 1881. He was interred in East Cemetery.

References

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