. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . He studied law and was ad- /mitted to the bar in 1833. He soon ,attained a fair practice, but never |aspired to a high position in hisprofession. In 1837-38, he was edilor |of a Democratic newspaper, the ;Jeffersonian. He was appointed j udgeof probate, and went into 1843, he was elected to Congress,and at the expiration of his a renomination. \ On the breaking out of the / Mexican War, he offered his services / to the Government, and was com-missioned major of infantry, March16, 1847. On
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . He studied law and was ad- /mitted to the bar in 1833. He soon ,attained a fair practice, but never |aspired to a high position in hisprofession. In 1837-38, he was edilor |of a Democratic newspaper, the ;Jeffersonian. He was appointed j udgeof probate, and went into 1843, he was elected to Congress,and at the expiration of his a renomination. \ On the breaking out of the / Mexican War, he offered his services / to the Government, and was com-missioned major of infantry, March16, 1847. On April 9, 1847, he wa< Hon. Thomas Henry Seymour. assigned to the 9th United States Infantry, the Old Ninth New was promoted heutenant colonel, August 12, 1847; and upon the deathof Col. T. B. Ransom,25, in the assault on the fortress of Chapultepec,September 13, 1847, took command of the regiment. He scaled the heightswith his command and was the first to enter the fortress. He was brevcttedcolonel, September 13, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the. 1 IS NORWICH UNIVERSITY. Battle of Cluipultepec. He served for a time with the 12th United StatesInfantry. He was mustered out of service, July 25, 1848. In 1850, he was elected governor of Connecticut by a large majority, andwas re-elected in 1851, 1852, and 1853. In 1852, he was presidential 1853, he was appointed United States minister to Russia, and resigning thegovernorship, filled the position four years. After a 3^ear of travel, he returnedto America in 1858. When the Civil War broke out his sympathies were withthe South, and he continued his opposition to the war until its close, as theleader of the Connecticut peace Democrats. In 1863, he was again a candi-date for governor, but was defeated by William Buckingham, after an excitingcontest, owing to the position he had taken during the war. He was a promi-nent member of the Masonic Lodge of Hartford, having attained the KnightsTemplar d
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