Seymour Stedman

Seymour Stedman
Stedman in 1920
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 13th district
In office
January 8, 1913 – January 6, 1915
Personal details
Born(1871-07-04)July 4, 1871
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 1948(1948-07-09) (aged 77)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
PartyDemocratic (1890–1894)
Socialist (1896–1942)
Communist (1942–1948)
Alma materNorthwestern University

Seymour "Stedy" Stedman (July 4, 1871 – July 9, 1948) was an American politician. Active in Chicago, he was a civil rights lawyer and a leader of the Socialist Party of America. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives in the 1910s and ran as a vice-presidential candidate, on a ticket headed by Eugene V. Debs, in the 1920 United States presidential election.

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