| J. C. Seaman | |
| Office: | Louisiana State Representative for Tensas Parish |
| Term Start: | 1944 |
| Term End: | 1964 |
| Preceded: | Joseph T. Curry |
| Succeeded: | S. S. DeWitt |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Carryl Seaman |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Waterproof, Louisiana |
| Resting Place: | Natchez City Cemetery Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Residence: | Waterproof, Louisiana |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 2 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Footnotes: | Seaman was politically allied with Governor Earl Kemp Long, who approved Seaman’s request for the funding of the popular Lake Bruin State Park in Tensas Parish. |
Joseph Carryl Seaman Sr., known as J.C. Seaman (December 8, 1898 – June 14, 1964), was a five-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Waterproof in Tensas Parish in northeast Louisiana, having served from 1944 to 1964.
Joseph Carryl Seaman[1] graduated from Waterproof High School.[2] His brother William M. Seaman was a sheriff in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.[2]
Seaman worked as a banker starting in 1918. He served as Louisiana division president of the American Bankers Association.[2]
Seaman served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing Waterproof, Louisiana, from 1944 to 1964.[2] [3] During his tenure, he was a member of the judiciary (committee B), bankers and banking, appropriations, and ways and means committees. He served as a member of the Waterproof town council for 20 years.[2] He was a member of the Tensas library board.[2] He formed an insurance business in 1938 in Waterproof.[1] [4]
Seaman married Edith Post, daughter of W. W. Post.[4] [5] His two sons were Joseph Carryl Jr. and Colin D.[2] He was a member of the Episcopal Church.[4]
Seaman died on June 14, 1964, at his home in Waterproof.[2] He was buried at Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi.[4] [1]