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The Hofstadter Committee, also known as the Seabury investigations, was a joint legislative committee formed by the New York State Legislature on behalf of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to probe into corruption in New York City, especially the magistrate's courts and police department in 1931. It led to major changes in the method of arrest ...
No. Presiding Bishop Image Took office Left office Diocese Length of term 1: William White: July 28, 1789: October 3, 1789: Pennsylvania: 67 days 2: Samuel Seabury
Samuel Seabury (November 30, 1729 – February 25, 1796) was the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first Bishop of Connecticut.
He was active in the investigation of the New York State Banking Department in 1929; and also in promoting the Seabury inquiry into the affairs of New York City in 1931 and 1932. He was a Regent of the University of the State of New York from 1941 to 1953, and a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1946 .
Samuel Seabury, first American Episcopal bishop; second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA; first Bishop of Connecticut John Simpson , Presbyterian minister, Fishing Creek Church, Fishing Creek, SC, graduate of Princeton.
Samuel Seabury, former New York Court of Appeals judge and lead investigator of the Hofstadter Committee (Democratic) Clarence J. Shearn, former New York Supreme Court justice (Independent) Al Smith, former Governor of New York and 1928 Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States (Democratic)
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company was founded in 1897 by William H. Driggs and Samuel Seabury, both US Navy officers, in partnership with William's brother Louis Labadie "L. L." Driggs, [1] originally to produce guns for the US Army and US Navy designed by the partners. After a few reorganizations and an entry into the motor vehicle market, the ...
She was the eldest of five siblings born to George Edwin Seabury, an executive with Boston Edison Power, and Emma Augusta Hodgdon. Seabury graduated from Smith College in 1914 and, after two years teaching, she was elected young people's secretary of the Congregational Woman's Board of Missions. Ten years later, she became educational secretary ...
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