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Seymour Lowman (October 7, 1868 Chemung
Chemung, New York

Chemung is a town in Chemung County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,665 at the 2000 census. The town name is derived from the river flowing through it, which means in the native dialect, "Big Horn."...
, Chemung County, New York
Chemung County, New York

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 - March 13, 1940) was an American
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 lawyer and politician
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 from New York
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. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York
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 from 1925 to 1926.

as the son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman. On September 9, 1893, he married Katherine Harding Smith.

He was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Elmira, New York
Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York....
.

He was a member from Chemung County of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly

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 from 1909 to 1910.






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Seymour Lowman (October 7, 1868 Chemung
Chemung, New York

Chemung is a town in Chemung County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,665 at the 2000 census. The town name is derived from the river flowing through it, which means in the native dialect, "Big Horn."...
, Chemung County, New York
Chemung County, New York

Chemung County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Chemung County....
 - March 13, 1940) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 lawyer and politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
 from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York
Lieutenant Governor of New York

The Lieutenant Governor of New York is the second highest ranking official in the New York#Law and government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the Governor of New York for a four year term....
 from 1925 to 1926.

Life

He was the son of John Lowman (1832-1884) and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman. On September 9, 1893, he married Katherine Harding Smith.

He was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Elmira, New York
Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York....
.

He was a member from Chemung County of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal amount of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652....
 from 1909 to 1910. He was Chairman of the Chemung County Republican Committee from 1912 to 1934. He was a member of the New York State Senate
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 from the 41st District from 1919 to 1924. He was a delegate to the 1924
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 and 1932 Republican National Convention
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s.

He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1925 to 1926, elected on the Republican ticket to serve with Democratic Governor Al Smith
Al Smith

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 whose running mate George R. Lunn
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 was defeated. Lowman was the last lieutenant governor of New York who was not the running mate of the elected governor. In 1926, he was defeated for re-election when Al Smith was re-elected with his running mate Edwin Corning
Edwin Corning

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.

From August 1, 1927 until the end of the Hoover
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 administration in 1933, he was Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew W. Mellon
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 and Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills

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, and as a notorious "dry" was in charge of the enforcement of Prohibition
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. A month after taking office, he said: "There are many incompetent and crooked men in the service. Bribery is rampant. There are many wolves in sheep's clothing. We are after them... Some days my arm gets tired signing orders of dismissal."

Afterwards he was President of the Elmira Savings Bank.

Sources

  • Political Graveyard
  • The tariff imbroglio with France, in TIME Magazine on October 17, 1927
  • TIME Magazine on July 25, 1927 (giving middle initial "W.")