Harry Hunter Seldomridge (October 1, 1864 – November 2, 1927) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

Born in

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, Seldomridge attended the public schools of Philadelphia. He moved to

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, in February 1878. He graduated from

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at Colorado Springs in 1885.

Business career

He worked as the City editor of the

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from 1886 to 1888. He engaged in the grain and hay business in 1888.

Early political career

He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896, as a member of the State senate from 1896 to 1904, and a member and president of the State charter convention at Colorado Springs in 1909.

Congress

Seldomridge was elected as a

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to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Later career

He resumed his former business pursuits, and served as Receiver of the Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo from 1915 to 1923. He was appointed public trustee of

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, by Governor William Sweet.

Death and burial

He died at

, November 2, 1927. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seldomridge, Harry Hunter 1864 births 1927 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado Democratic Party Colorado state senators Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Colorado General Assembly 20th-century members of the Colorado General Assembly