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James Seymour (Michigan politician)

Michigan politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ80743669 ↗
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James Seymour (April 10, 1791 – December 30, 1864) was a Michigan politician.

Early life

Seymour was born in Hartford County, Connecticut on April 10, 1791.

Political career

On January 5, 1853, Seymour was sworn in as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Genesee County 1st district as a Republican. He served in this seat until 1854. He was then sworn in as a member of the Michigan Senate on January 7, 1857, where he served until 1858.

Personal life

Seymour married Mira Abigail Hill in 1818.

Death

Seymour died on December 30, 1864, in Lansing, Michigan. He is interred at Flushing City Cemetery.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1791, 1864, 1853, 1854—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1791-04-20. For this dossier, James, Seymour and Michigan is the immediate research focus.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q80743669. VIAF identifies the subject as 1743166237091996380008. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1791, 1864, 1853 and 1854.

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This entry incorporates text from “James Seymour (Michigan politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.