Ebenezer Seeley

Ebenezer Seeley (April 9, 1793-Jan. 23,1866) was an American lawyer and politician. Seeley, the son of Ebenezer Seeley, was born in

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, April 9, 1793. He graduated from

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in 1814. He studied law under

Seth Perkins Staples Seth Perkins Staples (Aug. 31, 1776- Nov. 6, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician. He founded what became the New Haven Law School, which was absorbed by Yale University as their Yale Law School. He was the brother-in-law of Roger Sherma ...

, Esq., of

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, and afterwards with Hon.

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, at

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, where he commenced practice, but afterwards removed to Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 1825, he took up his residence in New Haven, and in 1832-3 was

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. In 1834 he was elected to the

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, from the 4th Senatorial District. In 1837, he removed to New York, where he continued the practice of his profession until his death, Jan. 23,1866. Seeley sought professional rather than political distinction, and enjoyed a high legal reputation. He maintained also through life an unusual familiarity with the ancient classics. During the

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, he was an earnest supporter of the Government, and gave most freely to the various charities which the war called into operation. He was twice married ; first, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Titus, of

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, who died during his residence at Bridgeport. His second wife was Alice, daughter of John I. Glover, of New York, who died in 1844. One of his two sons by the first marriage, John T. Seeley, J Esq., of New York, survived him. {{DEFAULTSORT:Seeley, Ebenezer 1793 births 1866 deaths People from Wilton, Connecticut Yale College alumni Connecticut lawyers Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut Connecticut state senators 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers