Horace Seely-Brown
| Horace Seely-Brown Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Chase G. Woodhouse |
| Succeeded by | Chase G. Woodhouse |
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In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Chase G. Woodhouse |
| Succeeded by | Chester Bowles |
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In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Chester Bowles |
| Succeeded by | William L. St. Onge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 12, 1908 Kensington, Maryland |
| Died | April 9, 1982 (aged 73) |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | 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 |
| Religion | Episcopal |
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| Allegiance |
United States of America
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Rank | Air Operations Officer |
| Unit | Carrier Aircraft Service Unit No. 2 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Horace Seely-Brown III Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker
teacher fruit farmer
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (May 12, 1908 – April 9, 1982) was an American politician and a US Representative from Connecticut.
Seely-Brown was born in Kensington, Maryland. He attended the public schools of Hoosick, New York and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1929. He was a student at Yale University in 1929 and 1930. He married Rosalie Hicks and they had two daughters, Rosalie Seely-Brown Parker, and Constance Seelly-Brown McClellan as well as a son, Horace Seely-Brown III.
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. 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.
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