Horatio Seymour

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Horatio Seymour
Historical Figure
Timeline:	OTL
Nationality:	United States
Religion:	Protestantism
Date of Birth:	1810
Date of Death:	1886
Cause of Death:	Natural Causes
Occupation:	Lawyer, Politician
Spouse:	Mary Bleecker Seymour
Affiliations:	Democratic Party
Timeline:	The Guns of the South
Timeline:	Southern Victory (implied)

Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) was an American politician. He was Governor of New York State from 1853-1854 and from 1863-1864.

During his second term as governor, he became a leading Northern opponent of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War. Seymour protested Lincoln's restriction of civil liberties during the Civil War, as well as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union's military draft. He advocated the vigorous prosecution of the war, but protested against the extensive use of war powers by Lincoln.

[edit] Horatio Seymour in The Guns of the South

Horatio Seymour defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election after the Confederacy won the Second American Revolution.

[edit] Horatio Seymour in Southern Victory

In 1864, Horation Seymour was elected to succeed Abraham Lincoln as the seventeenth President of the United States after the Confederate States won the War of Secession. Although he advocated vigorous prosecution of the war while it was being fought, Seymour became a vocal critic of the Lincoln administration after the Camp Hill fiasco and his re-election as Governor of New York in 1863.

As president, Seymour took a concillatory stance towards the Confederacy during his first term, a stance that was maintained by the Democrats until 1880.

Note: This is speculative, as Seymour is not specifically identified as Lincoln's successor.

Office
Preceded by Abraham Lincoln	President of the United States (Southern Victory, The Guns of the South) 1865-1873?	Succeeded by Incumbent (The Guns of the South); Unknown; next known is Samuel J. Tilden (Southern Victory)

Office
Preceded by Washington Hunt	Governor of New York (OTL) 1853-1854	Succeeded by Myron H. Clark

Office
Preceded by Edwin D. Morgan	Governor of New York (OTL, The Guns of the South, Southern Victory) 1863-1864	Succeeded by Reuben E. Fenton (OTL); Unknown (The Guns of the South, Southern Victory)