Syracuse and Utica Rail-Road Co. Transferred to Horatio Seymour and Signed by Jo For Sale

Stock Transfer transferred to Horatio Seymour and signed by John Wilkinson as his atty. Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810\" February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family\'s business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assembly. He was elected that body\'s speaker in 1845 and aligned with Marcy\'s \"Softshell Hunker\" faction. Seymour was nominated for governor in 1850 but narrowly lost to the Whig candidate, Washington Hunt. He defeated Hunt in the 1852 gubernatorial election, and spent much of his tenure trying to reunify the fractured Democratic Party, losing his 1854 re-election campaign in part due to this disunity. Despite this defeat, Seymour emerged as prominent national figure within the party. As several Southern states threatened secession, Seymour supported the Crittenden Compromise as a way to avoid civil war. He supported the Union war effort during the Civil War but criticized President Abraham Lincoln\'s leadership. He won election to another term as governor in 1862 and continued to oppose many of Lincoln\'s policies. Several delegates at the 1864 Democratic National Convention hoped to nominate Seymour for president, but Seymour declined to seek the nomination. Beset by various issues, he narrowly lost re-election in 1864. After the war, Seymour supported President Andrew Johnson\'s Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.

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