Seaton, William Winston (01/11/1785-06/16/1866)
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- Occupation: Journalist
- Number of Terms: 1
- Committees/Roles: Ex-officio as Mayor of the District of Columbia. Permanent Committees: Elected to the Executive Committee as chairman on 09/08/1846; Committee on Buildings on 09/09/1846; Committee on the Annual Report to Congress 12/01/1846. Ad Hoc Committees: Committee to ascertain from Mr. Harmon his plan of re-executing architectural drawings and their cost on 02/09/1850; Committee to report on finance and investments on 06/01/1980. Elected treasurer on 07/03/1850.
Subject
- Seaton, William Winston 1785-1866
- Harmon, Mr
- Board of Regents
- District of Columbia. Mayor
- United States Congress
- Board of Regents Committee on Buildings
- Board of Regents Ad hoc committees
- Smithsonian Year
- Board of Regents Executive Committee
- Smithsonian Institution Building Early History
- Smithsonian Institution Office of the Treasurer
Category
Smithsonian Board of Regents
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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Grand Lodge, Free and Associated Masons, District of Columbia; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Regent type
Mayor
State
District of Columbia
Notes
American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Volume 2. New York: James T. White & Co., 1891. Reprint. Volumes 1-50. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971.
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
Regent Tenure: 08/10/1846-06/1850
Topic
- Design
- Politicians
- Architects
- Architecture
- Investments
- Finance
- Financial policies
- Journalism
- Board of Regents
- Regents
- Mayors
- Board of Regents--Financial policies
- Architectural design
- Journalists
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Form/Genre
- Board of Regents
- Biographies