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Nov 1, 2011 · The Beards of George McClellan, Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley: a correction and retraction. Posted on 1 November 2011. Nine years ago today, I set up a web-page on my site describing the history of facial hair in US Presidential elections.
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 .
Nov 1, 2011 · Nine years ago today, I set up a web-page on my site describing the history of facial hair in US Presidential elections . On that page I stated that Horatio Seymour, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the 1868 election, sported only modest sideburns and that Horace Greeley, the…
Horatio Seymour was “tall, fine-looking, of an imposing figure with a good though colorless face, bright, dark eyes, a high, commanding forehead, dark-reddish hair, and slightly bald. He had a clear, ringing voice, with a slight imperfection in his speech,…Read more ›
HORATIO SEYMOUR’S ANCESTRY The home of Horatio Seymour’s forbears, before emigrating to New England, was at Sawbridgeworth, County Herts, England. Here in parish registers of the old church the baptisms, marriages and burials of the Seymour family, the direct line of his descent, may be found.
Cartoon portraying a distorted version of events surrounding New York Governor Horatio Seymour's "My Friend's" speech during the Draft Riots of 1863 when several African Americans were killed by working-class rioters.
Jun 11, 2018 · Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), a governor of New York, was a leading figure in the Democratic party. He owed his influence to his absolute integrity and his ability to bring conflicting factions together.
