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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential election , losing to Republican Ulysses S. Grant .
May 27, 2024 · Horatio Seymour was a governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in 1868. Seymour was admitted to the New York state bar in 1832. He then served as military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy (1833–39), was a member of the New York Assembly (1842–46), and was elected mayor.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) was a Democratic leader in New York and a presidential candidate in 1868. He supported the Union during the Civil War but opposed Lincoln's policies and the Radical Republicans.
Horatio Seymour served as New York governor twice, from 1853 to 1855 and from 1863 to 1865. He was also the Democratic nominee for president in 1868, but lost to Ulysses S. Grant.
Sep 29, 2020 · Occurring in the run-up to the 1868 presidential election, which pitted conservative Democrat Horatio Seymour against Republican war hero Ulysses S. Grant, the killings also underlined the ...
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Apr 12, 2016 · His opponent in the election of 1868 was former New York Governor Horatio Seymour, a Democrat. The political positions of Seymour and Grant before the war were barely distinguishable. Seymour urged conciliation and compromise between North and South to prevent southern disunion.
Jun 7, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1868 was an American presidential election held on November 3, 1868, in which Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour.
