Seth C. Moffatt Explained

Seth C. Moffatt
State:Michigan
District:11th
Term Start:March 4, 1885
Term End:December 22, 1887
Predecessor:Edward Breitung
Successor:Henry W. Seymour
Office2:29th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Term Start2:1881
Term End2:1882
Predecessor2:John Rich
Successor2:Sumner Howard
State House3:Michigan
District3:Grand Traverse
Term Start3:1881
Term End3:1882
Predecessor3:Henry F. May
Successor3:David Vinton, Jr.
State Senate4:Michigan
District4:31st
Term Start4:1871
Term End4:1872
Predecessor4:J. H. Standish
Successor4:William H. C. Mitchell
Birth Date:10 August 1841
Birth Place:Battle Creek, Michigan
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Restingplace:Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, Michigan
Birthname:Seth Crittenden Moffatt
Party:Republican
Residence:Northport, Michigan

Seth Crittenden Moffatt (August 10, 1841 – December 22, 1887) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Moffatt was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, attended the common schools, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1863. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Traverse City, Michigan. He served as prosecuting attorney for Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties for ten years.

Moffatt was also a member of the Michigan Senate (31st District) in 1871 and 1872 and a member of the constitutional commission (9th District) in 1873, then register of the United States Land Office at Traverse City 1874–1878. He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Grand Traverse District in 1881 and 1882, and served as speaker in both terms. He was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884.

In 1884, Moffatt was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 49th Congress. He was re-elected in 1886 to the 50th Congress, serving from March 4, 1885, until his death at the age of forty-six in Washington, D.C. Henry W. Seymour was elected on February 14, 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by his death.

Seth Moffatt was a resident of Northport and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery of Traverse City.

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