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

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from

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Biography

Seely-Brown was born in

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. He attended the

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, and graduated from

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in Clinton, New York, in 1929. He was a graduate student at

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in 1929 and 1930. He married Rosalie Hicks and they had two daughters, Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker, and Constance Seelly-Brown McClellan as well as a son, Horace Seely-Brown III.

Career

Seely-Brown was a school teacher in Hoosick from 1930 to 1932, and in

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, from 1932 to 1934. In 1934, he moved to

Pomfret, Connecticut Pomfret is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,266 in 2020 according to the 2020 United States Census. The land was purchased from Native Americans in 1686 (the "Mashmuket Purchase" or "Mashamoquet Purchase ...

, where he taught, coached, and served as a dorm parent at

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until 1942. He was a delegate to the

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state conventions in 1938, 1940, and 1942. During

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, 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. Horace Seely-Brown Jr

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

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and served from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1963. In 1962 he was the Republican candidate for the

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seat of retiring Republican Prescott Bush and was defeated in a close race with the Democratic former governor,

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, 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

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at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Connecticut.

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