Background
Seymour, Morris Woodruff was born on October 6, 1842 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Origen Storrs (late chief justice Supreme Court, Connecticut) and Lucy Morris (Woodruff) S.
Seymour, Morris Woodruff was born on October 6, 1842 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Origen Storrs (late chief justice Supreme Court, Connecticut) and Lucy Morris (Woodruff) S.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1866. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia Law School, 1867. (Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1916).
Practiced Bridgeport, Connecticut, since 1867, specializing in corporation and patent law. Lecturer Law Department, Yale. Judge of City Court, Bridgeport, 1879-1880.
Corporate Counsel, 1880-1882.
Member Connecticut State Senate, 1881, 1882. Colonel on staff of Governor English, 1867-1869, 1870-1871.
Member Board of Pardons, since 1883.
Married Charlotte Sanford, September 15, 1869.