Seth Preston Beers Explained

Seth Preston Beers
Office:Member of the Connecticut State Senate
Term:1824
Order1:3rd
Office1:Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Term Start1:1822
Term End1:1823
Predecessor1:Elisha Phelps
Successor1:Ralph I. Ingersoll
Office2:Clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Term2:1821
Office3:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Term3:1820–1823
Birth Date:July 1, 1781
Birth Place:Woodbury, Connecticut
Death Place:Litchfield, Connecticut
Spouse:Belinda Webster
Profession:Lawyer, politician
Party:Toleration (1820–1824)
Democratic (1838)

Seth Preston Beers (July 1, 1781 – September 9, 1863), sometimes listed as Seth P. Beers, was a lawyer and politician from Litchfield, Connecticut.

He attended Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1805. From 1820 to 1825, he served as the state's attorney.

He served in the Connecticut State House of Representatives from 1820 to 1823, serving as clerk in 1821, and was elected speaker in 1822 and 1823, as a Toleration Republican. He also briefly served in the Connecticut State Senate in 1824.[1] He was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1838, and lost to incumbent governor William W. Ellsworth.[2]

He is a sixth-generation ancestor of the actor James Spader.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Litchfield Historical Society, The Ledger: Seth P. Beers . September 18, 2020.
  2. Web site: Our Campaigns . September 18, 2020.
  3. Web site: James Spader Family Group . September 21, 2020.