Horace Seely-Brown Jr.

Horace Seely-Brown Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Chase G. Woodhouse
Succeeded by	Chase G. Woodhouse
In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959
Preceded by	Chase G. Woodhouse
Succeeded by	Chester Bowles
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Chester Bowles
Succeeded by	William L. St. Onge
Personal details
Born	May 12, 1908 (1908-05-12) Kensington, Maryland, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1982 (1982-04-10) (aged 73) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Rosalie Hicks Seely-Brown
Children	Horace Seely-Brown III Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker Constance Seely-Brown McClellan
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Profession	teacher fruit farmer politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	February 1943 to January 1946
Rank	Air operations officer
Unit	Carrier Aircraft Service Unit No. 2
Battles/wars	World War II

Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (May 12, 1908 – April 9, 1982) was an American politician and a US Representative from Connecticut.

Biography

Seely-Brown was born in Kensington, Maryland. He attended the Hoosac School in Hoosick, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, in 1929. He was a graduate student at Yale University in 1929 and 1930. He married Rosalie Hicks and they had two daughters, Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker and Constance Seely-Brown McClellan, as well as a son, Horace Seely-Brown III.

Career

1962 election poster

Seely-Brown was a school teacher in Hoosick from 1930 to 1932, and in New Lebanon, New York, from 1932 to 1934. In 1934, he moved to Pomfret, Connecticut, where he taught, coached, and served as a dorm parent at Pomfret School until 1942. He was a delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1938, 1940, and 1942.

During World War II, Seely-Brown served in the United States Navy as air operations officer, Carrier Aircraft Service Unit No. 2, from February 1943 to January 1946. After the war he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress Seely-Brown served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He was elected to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959, before becoming an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. Seely-Brown voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, but voted present on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He was elected in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963. In 1962 he was the Republican candidate for the US Senate seat of retiring Republican Prescott Bush and was defeated in a close race with the Democratic former governor, Abraham Ribicoff, receiving 48% of the vote. After political office, he resumed agricultural pursuits and resided in Pomfret Center, Connecticut.

Death

Seely-Brown died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, at his winter home, on April 9, 1982 (age 73 years, 332 days). He is interred at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Connecticut.

External links

• Horace Seely-Brown Jr. at Find a Grave
• The New York Times Company