Adam Seybert

Adam Seybert ( born May 16, 1773 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † May 2, 1825 in Paris, France ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1819 he represented two times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Adam Seybert attended the common schools and then studied until 1793 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia medicine. Then he deepened his knowledge with study programs at various European universities. He studied in Edinburgh, Göttingen and Paris. Upon his return to Philadelphia, he was also active in the field of chemistry and mineralogy. In 1797 he became a member of the American Philosophical Society. Politically, he joined the Democratic- Republican Party.

Following the resignation of Mr Benjamin Say Seybert was at the due election for the first seat of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 10 October 1809. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1815 Congress. In this time the British -American War of 1812 fell. From 1811 to 1813 was Chairman of the Committee on Seybert Revisal and Unfinished Business. In 1816 he was elected to Congress again for the second seat of the first electoral district of Pennsylvania, where he became the successor of William Milnor on March 4, 1817. Until March 3, 1819, he could spend another term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Adam Seybert toured Europe for several years. Since 1824 he lived in Paris, where he died on May 2, 1825.