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'''James Madison Seymour''' ([[January 30]], [[1837]] – [[April 1]], [[1905]]) was the [[Mayor of Newark, New Jersey]] from [[January 1]], [[1896]] to [[January 1]], [[1903]].<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Henry M. Doremus Sworn In by His Predecessor |url= |quote=Mayor Henry M. Doremus was inducted into office at noon to-day. The oath was administered by the retiring Mayor, James M. Seymour ... |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=[[January 2]], [[1903]] |accessdate=2008-06-30 }}</ref> ▼
{{Infobox officeholder
| order = 22nd
| office = Mayor of Newark
| termend = {{End date|1903|01|01}}
| termstart = {{Start date|1896|01|01}}
| birth_name = James Madison Seymour
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|01|30}}
| birth_place = [[New York, New York]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1905|04|01|1837|01|30}}
| death_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| image = James M. Seymour.jpg
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
}}
▲'''James Madison Seymour''' (
==Biography==
He was born on January 30, 1837, in [[New York City]]. At the age of two, in 1839, Seymour's father died in a [[yellow fever]] epidemic in [[New Orleans]]. His mother remarried Jose Vantana, and the family went to reside in Spain. Seymour attended St. Austin's College in [[Cádiz]].<ref name=NJHS>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiIUAAAAYAAJ|access-date=December 28, 2009|title=Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society|series=3|volume=5|year=1909|pages=95–96|last1=Society|first1=New Jersey Historical}}</ref> At the age of 17 he began an apprenticeship at [[Novelty Iron Works]] of New York and was subsequently employed by the [[Erie Railroad]]. When he was 21, in 1858, he was appointed [[master mechanic]] of a railroad from [[Matanzas]] to [[Puerto Príncipe]] in [[Cuba]], and later worked for two years as chief engineer of a large Cuban [[sugar plantation]].<ref name=NJHS/>
In 1865 he joined with Daniel Whitlock to form the engineering firm of Seymour and Whitlock in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In 1884 he was elected to the Newark Aqueduct Board, re-elected in 1887. In 1888 President [[Grover Cleveland]] appointed him as one of the United States Commissioners to Spain. In 1891 Governor [[Leon Abbett]] named him the State Supervisor of Prisons.<ref name="Newark history">
Seymour was a candidate for Mayor of Newark in 1894 but lost by nearly 5,000 votes. He ran for mayor again in 1896 and won by a margin of 3,396 votes. He was re-elected as mayor in 1898 and 1900.<ref name=NJHS/>
▲Seymour married Amanda Elizabeth Crowell in 1859, and they had one son, James Murray Seymour. After the death of his first wife, he married her sister, Anna J. Crowell, and they also had one son, David C. Seymour.<ref name=NJHS/>
In 1901 he was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[Governor of New Jersey]], opposing the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Franklin Murphy (governor)|Franklin Murphy]]. He lost the election by a vote of 183,814 to 166,681.<ref>{{cite news
▲In 1865 he joined with Daniel Whitlock to form the engineering firm of Seymour and Whitlock in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In 1884 he was elected to the Newark Aqueduct Board, re-elected in 1887. In 1888 President [[Grover Cleveland]] appointed him as one of the United States Commissioners to Spain. In 1891 Governor [[Leon Abbett]] named him the State Supervisor of Prisons.<ref>Urquhart, Frank John. [http://books.google.com/books?id=iY0MAAAAYAAJ ''A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey''], Volume 3 (1913), pp. 205-6.</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Some Curious Relics |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E2D61239E033A25750C0A9639C94609ED7CF |quote=James M. Seymour, Supervisor of the State prison, whose residence is in Newark ... |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=1891 |accessdate=2008-06-30 }}</ref>
Seymour died in 1905 at his [[Newark, New Jersey]], home at the age of 68.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/04/02/119116782.pdf|access-date=December 28, 2009|title=Death list of a day|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 2, 1905}}</ref>
▲Seymour was a candidate for Mayor of Newark in 1894 but lost by nearly 5,000 votes. He ran for mayor again in 1896 and won by a margin of 3,396 votes. He was re-elected as mayor in 1898 and 1900.<ref name=NJHS/> While he was mayor construction began on a new city hall in Newark. Seymour argued for the creation of "Greater Newark" by the annexation of a number of nearby towns: [[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]], [[Vailsburg, Newark|Vailsburg]], [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]], [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearney]], and [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]]. Of these, only Vailsburg was eventually annexed to Newark.<ref>Urquhart, Frank John. [http://books.google.com/books?id=wY4ujNWYlcsC ''A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey''], Volume 2 (1913), p. 829.</ref>
▲In 1901 he was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[Governor of New Jersey]], opposing the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Franklin Murphy (governor)|Franklin Murphy]]. He lost the election by a vote of 183,814 to 166,681.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mayor of Newark Nominee for Governor |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F04E0DB1130E132A25751C0A9669D946097D6CF |quote=Mayor James M. Seymour of Newark was nominated to-day as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey in a convention that at times was turbulent in ... |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=[[October 2]], [[1901]] |accessdate=2008-07-02 }}</ref>
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