Horatio Seymour

(noun)

An American politician who ran against Ulysses S Grant during the presidential election of 1868. He was the 18th governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864.

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Examples of Horatio Seymour in the following topics:

  • The Election of 1868

    • Instead of Johnson, the Democrats nominated Horatio Seymour, chairman of the convention, after a series of failed ballots with several other candidates vying for nomination.
    • The Democrats were out of favor, and their candidate Seymour had been called a traitor and a troublemaker.
    • Seymour answered none of the charges made against him, but made a few key speeches.
    • The voters were told that if they wanted to reopen the Civil War, they need only elect Horatio Seymour, and some spread stories of bloodshed in the South to prove that Radical Reconstruction was necessary.
    • Horatio Seymour polled 2,708,744 votes against 3,013,650 for Grant, a fairly close race, but ultimately Grant carried the Electoral College and won the election.

  • The Influence of Genes on Behavior

    • In another example, Seymour Benzer discovered he could breed certain fruit flies with others to create distinct behavioral characteristics and change their circadian rhythms.

  • Homework

    • Horatio is seated at the large table at right stage. )
    • (Horatio exits, followed by Polonius, leaving Hamlet to ponder alone. )
    • POLONIUS: Give thine own thoughts no tongue, Horatio.
    • Come Horatio, let us go together, for this is not our test.
    • (Horatio and Polonius leave together. )

  • Sorting Out Variations on the Terms "Constructionism" and Constructivism"

    • Seymour Papert on Constructivism and (Papert's) Constructionism: "The word with the v expresses the theory that knowledge is built by the learner, not supplied by the teacher.

  • Burgoyne's Army and the Battle of Saratoga

    • Just north of Saratoga, Burgoyne won a small tactical victory over General Horatio Gates and the Continental Army in the September 19th Battle of Freeman's Farm at the cost of 600 casualties, or ten percent of the British forces.
    • Mutual resentment between Patriot Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold finally exploded into open hostility following this battle and Gates stripped Arnold of his command.

  • Georgia and South Carolina

    • The Continental Congress responded to the fall of Charleston by dispatching General Horatio Gates, a celebrated hero in the Battle of Saratoga, to the South with a new army.

  • Social Mobility in the U.S.

    • The American Dream is often associated with a series of novels written by Horatio Alger in the late 19th century, most of which told the story of a young person born to a lower class family who achieved higher status through hard work and virtue.

  • The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

    • Anti-Washington movements arose and a few soldiers even advocated replacing Washington with General Horatio Gates, following his success at the Battles of Saratoga.

  • Philadelphia and Saratoga

    • By September 19th, Burgoyne won a small tactical victory against Continental General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Freeman’s Farm, the First Battle of Saratoga.

  • The Rise of Realism

    • Realist writers included Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Stephen Crane, William Dean Howells, and Horatio Alger Jr.