Henry William Seymour (July 21, 1834 – April 7, 1906) was a politician from the

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. Seymour was born in Brockport, New York and attended the public schools, Brockport Collegiate Institute, and Canandaigua Academy. He graduated from

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in 1855. He studied law in

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taking lectures at

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and was admitted to the bar in May 1856, but never practiced. Seymour engaged in mercantile pursuits in Brockport until 1872 when he moved to

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where he engaged in the manufacture of reapers and subsequently in the manufacture of lumber and in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Cheboygan District, 1880–1882 and a member of the Michigan Senate 1882–1884 ( 31st District) and 1886–1888 ( 30th District). In a special election on February 14, 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Seth C. Moffatt Seth Crittenden Moffatt (August 10, 1841 – December 22, 1887) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Moffatt was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, attended the common schools, and graduated from the law department of the University of ...

, Seymour was elected as a

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from

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to the

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, serving from February 14, 1888, to March 3, 1889. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1888, losing to fellow Republican Samuel M. Stephenson in the primaries. Henry W. Seymour died at the age of seventy-one, while on a visit, in

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He is interred at Lakeview Cemetery of Brockport.

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