Fred Andrew Seaton

Frederick Andrew Seaton ( born December 11, 1909 in Washington DC; † January 16, 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) was an American politician ( Republican), who belonged to the cabinet of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Secretary.

Born in Washington Seaton grew up in Manhattan, Kansas, where he attended high school. In 1931 he graduated from the Kansas State University before moving in 1937 to Hastings (Nebraska ) and operated there for many years as editor of the Daily Tribune. As President of Seaton Publishing Company, he was involved in other newspapers and radio and television stations. Moreover, he was a member of the governing body of the Hastings College and was a member of a foundation in favor of the University of Nebraska.

His first political experience gathered Fred Seaton in 1936 as a member of the staff of the Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon. In 1945 he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, where he remained until 1949.

In 1951 he was appointed by Governor Val Peterson of Nebraska to succeed the late U.S. Senator Kenneth S. Wherry. Seaton took office on December 10, 1951, left the Senate on November 4, 1952 after he was not considered as a candidate for the full remaining term of office until January 1955 in consideration.

As a result, Seaton has held numerous positions below the Cabinet level in the government of Dwight D. Eisenhower, before this he was appointed as interior minister in his cabinet. He held this office from 1956 until the assumption of office of the new President John F. Kennedy in January 1961; during this time were Alaska and Hawaii USA.

Fred Seaton took his work as a newspaper editor again. A return to politics failed when he in the election for governor of Nebraska the incumbent Frank B. Morrison was defeated in 1962. For his services Seaton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.