Augustus Sherrill Seymour

Who was Augustus Sherrill Seymour?

Augustus Sherrill Seymour was a United States federal judge.

Born in Ithaca, New York, Seymour graduated from Hamilton College in 1857 and read law to enter the bar in 1858. He was in private practice in New York City from 1858 to 1862, and then in New Bern, North Carolina beginning in 1865. He became the city attorney of New Bern in 1867. He was a judge in Craven County, North Carolina in 1868, and was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870, thereafter resuming private practice in New Bern. He was a member of the North Carolina State Senate from 1872 to 1874, and a judge on the Superior Court in New Bern from 1874 to 1882.

On February 14, 1882, Seymour was nominated by President Chester A. Arthur to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina vacated by George W. Brooks. Seymour was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 21, 1882, and received his commission the same day. He served in that capacity until his death, in 1897, in New York, New York.