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(Redirected from Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.) American politician (1908–1982)
Horace Seely-Brown Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Preceded byChase G. Woodhouse
Succeeded byChase G. Woodhouse
In office
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959
Preceded byChase G. Woodhouse
Succeeded byChester Bowles
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Preceded byChester Bowles
Succeeded byWilliam L. St. Onge
Personal details
BornMay 12, 1908 (1908-05-12)
Kensington, Maryland, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 1982 (1982-04-10) (aged 73)
Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Citizenship United States
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRosalie Hicks Seely-Brown
Children
  • Horace Seely-Brown III
  • Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker
  • Constance Seely-Brown McClellan
Alma materHamilton College
Profession
  • teacher
  • fruit farmer
  • politician
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of serviceFebruary 1943 to January 1946
RankAir operations officer
UnitCarrier Aircraft Service Unit No. 2
Battles/warsWorld War II

Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (May 12, 1908 – April 9, 1982) was an American politician and a US Representative from Connecticut.

Biography

Seely-Brown was born in Kensington, Maryland. He attended the Hoosac School in Hoosick, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in 1929. He was a graduate student at Yale University in 1929 and 1930. He married Rosalie Hicks and they had two daughters, Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker and Constance Seely-Brown McClellan, as well as a son, Horace Seely-Brown III.

Career

1962 election poster

Seely-Brown was a school teacher in Hoosick from 1930 to 1932, and in New Lebanon, New York, from 1932 to 1934. In 1934, he moved to Pomfret, Connecticut, where he taught, coached, and served as a dorm parent at Pomfret School until 1942. He was a delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1938, 1940, and 1942.

During World War II, Seely-Brown served in the United States Navy as air operations officer, Carrier Aircraft Service Unit No. 2, from February 1943 to January 1946. After the war he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress Seely-Brown served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He was elected to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959, before becoming an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. Seely-Brown voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, but voted present on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He was elected in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963. In 1962 he was the Republican candidate for the US Senate seat of retiring Republican Prescott Bush and was defeated in a close race with the Democratic former governor, Abraham Ribicoff, receiving 48% of the vote. After political office, he resumed agricultural pursuits and resided in Pomfret Center, Connecticut.

Death

Seely-Brown died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, at his winter home, on April 9, 1982 (age 73 years, 332 days). He is interred at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Connecticut.

References

  1. "Horace Seely-Brown Jr". Official Congressional Directory (1962). 1962. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. "Horace Seely-Brown Jr". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. "Horace Seely-Brown Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
  5. "S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS". GovTrack.us.
  6. "Horace Seely-Brown Jr". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  7. "Horace Seely-Brown Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

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Party political offices
Preceded byPrescott Bush Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut
(Class 3)
1962 		Succeeded byEdwin H. May Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byChase G. Woodhouse United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut
1947–1949 		Succeeded byChase G. Woodhouse
Preceded byChase G. Woodhouse United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut
1951–1959 		Succeeded byChester Bowles
Preceded byChester Bowles United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut
1961–1963 		Succeeded byWilliam L. St. Onge
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