J. C. Seaman | |
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Louisiana State Representative for Tensas Parish | |
In office 1944–1964 | |
Preceded by | Joseph T. Curry |
Succeeded by | S. S. DeWitt |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Carryl Seaman December 8, 1898 Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, U.S.[citation needed] |
Died | June 14, 1964 Waterproof, Louisiana | (aged 65)
Resting place | Natchez City Cemetery Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) |
Evie Hinton Greaves (died 1926)Edith Gooding Post (m. 1932) |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Waterproof, Louisiana |
Occupation |
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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.[citation needed] | |
Joseph Carryl Seaman Sr., known as J.C. Seaman (December 8, 1898[citation needed] – 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]