Seymour H. Person

Seymour Howe Person (* February 2, 1879 in Howell, Michigan, † April 7, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1933 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Seymour person attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and its made ​​in 1901 admitted to the bar he began in Lansing to work in his new profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

Between 1915 and 1921 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Michigan; 1927 to 1931 he was a member of the State Senate. For over 30 years he was a delegate at all regional Republican party days in Michigan. In the congressional elections of 1930 was the sixth person in the electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Grant M. Hudson on March 4, 1931. Since he Democrat Claude E. Cady defeated in 1932, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1933. This was marked by the events of the Great Depression. At that time the 20th Amendment was adopted.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Seymour person again worked as a lawyer. Politically, he is no more have appeared. He died on April 7, 1957 in Lansing.

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