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Seymour, Horatio (1810–1886)| US governor. Seymour served in the New York Assembly in the 1840s and gained a reputation for compromise and moderation. As New York governor, 1853–55, he improved the prison system and opposed prohibition. Elected to a second term, he provided the Union army with soldiers and financing despite having been opposed to Lincoln and the war in the past. |
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