Seymour Lane Dwinell (November 14, 1906 – March 27, 1997) was an American manufacturer and Republican politician from

Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon ( ) is the only city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 13,151 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshi ...

. Born in 1906 in Newport, Vermont, he served in and led both houses of the

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

legislature before his tenure as the 69th

governor of New Hampshire The governor of New Hampshire is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The governor is elected during the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along w ...

from 1955 to 1959. He died in 1997 aged 90 in

Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover is a New England town, town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university ...

and is buried in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

External links

Dwinell at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
* 1906 births 1997 deaths Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican Party governors of New Hampshire Republican Party New Hampshire state senators Presidents of the New Hampshire Senate People from Newport (city), Vermont 20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court {{NewHampshire-NHSenate-stub