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Seaton, Fred A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974

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Personal name headingSeaton, Fred A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974
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Variant(s)Seaton, F. A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974
Seaton, Frederick Andrew, 1909-1974
Birth date19091211
Death date19740116
Place of birthWashington (D.C.)
Place of deathMinneapolis (Minn.)
AffiliationNebraska. Legislature. Senate
Hastings College
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Department of Defense
United States. Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary
Profession or occupationPublishers and publishing Legislators--United States
Found inNUCMC data from Dwight D. Eisenhower Libr. for Schooley, C.H. Papers, 1954-1975 (Fred A. Seaton)
WwWA, 1974-1976 (Seaton, Frederick Andrew; newspaper publisher; b. Dec. 11, 1909; asst. sec. of def. for legis. affairs, 1953-1955; asst. to Pres. 1955; sec. of Interior, 1956-1961; d. Jan. 17, 1974)
N.Y. times personal names index, 1851-1974 (Seaton, Fred A.; Seaton, F.A.; Seaton, Fred Andrew; Seaton, Frederick A.)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 20, 2013 (Seaton, Frederick Andrew (1909 - 1974); a Senator from Nebraska; born in Washington, D.C., December 11, 1909; attended the public schools in Manhattan, Kans., and Kansas State College at Manhattan; president of Seaton Publishing Co., Hastings, Nebr., and publisher of Hastings Daily Tribune; also interested in several daily and weekly newspapers and operating radio and TV stations; member, State senate, 1945-1949; chairman of legislative council, 1947-1949; secretary to Republican presidential candidate Alfred M. Landon in 1936; trustee of Hastings College and University of Nebraska Foundation; appointed on December 10, 1951 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Kenneth S. Wherry and served from December 10, 1951, to November 4, 1952; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1953-1955; administrative assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower from February to June 1955, then made deputy assistant, in which capacity he served until May 1956; Secretary of the Interior, 1956-1961; resumed the publishing business; died in Minneapolis, Minn. January 16, 1974; interment in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebr.)
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