Julius Hawley Seelye

Julius Hawley Seelye ( born September 14, 1824 in Bethel, Connecticut, † May 12, 1895 in Amherst, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Julius Seelye attended Amherst College until 1849. After a subsequent study of theology at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1853 and his ordination to the clergy were made, he served 1853-1858 as pastor of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Schenectady (New York). From 1858 to 1876 he was professor of philosophy at Amherst College. In 1872 he accepted an invitation to British India, where he also gave some lectures.

In the congressional elections of 1874 was Seelye as an independent candidate in the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles A. Stevens on March 4, 1875. Since he resigned in 1876 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1877. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Julius Seelye was a member of a commission to revise the tax laws of the State of Massachusetts. From 1876 to 1890 he was a follower of William Augustus Stearns President of Amherst College. He died on 12 May 1895 in Amherst, where he was also buried.