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A photograph of Frederick Andrew Seaton who was born on December 11, 1909, in Washington, D. C., where his father worked for U. S. Senator from Kansas, Joseph L. Bristow. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Manhattan, Kansas, where his father published the Manhattan Mercury and later the Manhattan Chronicle. After graduating from Kansas State University in 1931, Seaton joined his father's newspaper business. In 1937 he moved to Hastings, Nebraska, where he published one of the Seaton family's new acquisitions, the Daily Tribune. Seaton worked on Eisenhower's first presidential campaign and served in several positions during Eisenhower's administration, including assistant secretary of defense and deputy assistant to the president. In 1956 he was appointed U. S. Secretary of the Interior and remained in that office through Eisenhower's presidency. After leaving Washington in 1961, Seaton returned to Nebraska and to the Seaton newspapers. He was very active in civic affairs and received numerous awards and honors. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 16, 1974.
Date: Between 1956 and 1959
Item Number: 222125
Call Number: B Seaton, Frederick A. *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222125
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Photographs
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