Celebrity Sightings:
Judge Samuel Seabury
Source: "Seabury at Freeport." Library of Congress
Nassau County Review. 6 October 1916, p. 4
Samuel Seabury (1873-1858) was a lawyer, jurist, and a special anticorruption investigator. His great-great-grandfather was the first Episcopal bishop in the United States. In 1907, Seabury was sworn in as justice of the state supreme court of New York. In 1914, her was elected to the Court of Appeals. While running for governor in 1916, he made several campaign stops on Long Island including Freeport.* His defeat was attributed to the lack of support he received from Theodore Roosevelt and Tammany Hall.
Judge Seabury is best known for forcing the resignation of New York City Mayor, James J. Walker after leading an investigation into city corruption. He was instrumental in the election of Fiorello H. LaGuardia as mayor.
*The photographs above show Judge Seabury on South Main Street and Railroad Avenue in Freeport. In the background is the Freeport Hotel and to the right is the Hub Building.
Source:
"Samuel Seabury." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. Biography in Context. Web 18 Dec. 2013.
