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Seymour (HORATIO an American statesman)

HORATIO, an American statesman; born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga co., N. Y., May 31, 1810. After serving three terms, with marked ability, in the New York Legislature, in 1852 he was elected governor on the Democratic ticket. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was decidedly in favor of the supremacy of the Constitution, and as governor a second time (1863-1865) showed conspicuous energy and ability in raising troops. His second incumbency of the governorship was marked by the draft riots in 1863. In 1868 he was defeated for the presidency by General Grant. As an orator, Mr. Seymour was easy, agreeable, and powerful, rising often into true eloquence. He died in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1886.