List of United States Political Families (S) - The Seymours and Conklings

The Seymours and Conklings

• Horatio Seymour 1778-1857, U.S. Senator from Vermont 1821-1833.
• Henry Seymour 1780-1837, New York State Senator 1815-1919 1821-1822. Brother of US Senator Horatio Seymour.
  • Origen S. Seymour 1804-1881, Connecticut State Representative 1842 1849-1850 1880, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1851-1855, Judge in Connecticut 1855-1863, candidate for Governor of Connecticut 1864 1865, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court 1870-1874, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court 1873-1874. Nephew of Gov. Horatio Seymour and Henry Seymour.
  • Horatio Seymour 1810-1886, New York Assemblyman 1842 and 1844-1846, Mayor of Utica, New York 1843; candidate for Governor of New York 1850; Governor of New York 1853-1854 1863-1864; candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1860; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1864; candidate for President of the United States 1868; Presidential Elector for New York 1876. Son of Henry Seymour.
  • Horatio Seymour (1813–1872), New York assemblyman 1862 and 1863; surrogate of Erie County 1868–1872. Son of US Senator Horatio Seymour.
    • Edward W. Seymour 1832-1892, Connecticut State Senator 1876, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1873-1877. Son of Origen Storrs Seymour.
    • Horatio Seymour, Jr., New York State Engineer 1878-1881. Nephew of Gov. Horatio Seymour.

• Alfred Conkling 1789-1874, U.S. Representative from New York 1821-1823, Judge of U.S. District Court of Northern District of New York 1825-1852, U.S. Minister to Mexico 1852-1853.
  • Frederick A. Conkling 1816-1891, U.S. Representative from New York 1861-1863. Son of Alfred Conkling.
  • Roscoe Conkling 1829-1888, Mayor of Utica, New York 1858-1859; U.S. Representative from New York 1859-1863 1865-1867; U.S. Senator from New York 1867 1869-1881; candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States 1876; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1880. Son of Alfred Conkling, brother-in-law of Horatio Seymour.
  • Alfred Conkling Coxe 1847-1923, Judge of U.S. District Court of Northern District of New York 1882, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals 1902-1917. Grandson of Alfred Conkling.