Seymour Lowman

Seymour Lowman ( born October 7, 1868 in Chemung, Chemung County, New York, † March 13, 1940 ) was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party.

Life

Seymour Lowman studied law, was admitted to the bar and then started in Elmira (New York ) to practice. Lowman also pursued a political career. He was 1909-1910 member of the New York State Assembly. Then he had 1912-1934 presided over the Chemung County Republican Committee. During this time he was 1919-1924 Member of the Senate of New York. He also participated in the years 1924 and 1932 to the Republican National Conventions.

Between 1925 and 1926 he was lieutenant governor under the Democratic governor Alfred E. Smith. His running mate, George R. Lunn was beaten by Lowman in the gubernatorial elections of 1924. Lowman was the last Lieutenant Governor of New York, who was not the running mate of the elected governor of New York. When Smith was re-elected to office in 1926, Lowman suffered a defeat at the Edwin Corning.

Lowman was from 1 August 1927 until the end of the administration of U.S. President Hoover in 1933 Deputy Minister of Finance under Andrew W. Mellon and Ogden L. Mills. He was also an avowed proponent of the enforcement of Prohibition. One month after taking office, he said: "There are many incompetent and crooked men in the service Bribery is rampant There are many wolves in sheep 's clothing We are after them ... Some days my arm gets tired signing orders of dismissal. .. . "

After the end of his tenure, he was president of the Elmira Savings Bank.

Family

Seymour Lowman was the son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny ( Bixby ) Lowman. He married on September 9, 1893 Katherine Harding Smith.