BARTON, Seth, attorney, jurist, public official. Born, Baltimore, Md., December 8, 1795; son of Seth Barton, Baltimore shipping merchant, and Sarah Emerson Maxwell. Classical education in Baltimore. Uncertain military record, had title of colonel. Law practice in Alabama and New Orleans, partner of Judah P. Benjamin (q.v.). Married three times. Married (3) Isabel Astaburruaga of leading Chilean family, in 1848, basis of significant international dispute with the Catholic church and Chilean government. Supported Polk with letters under pseudonym "John Randolph of Roanoke" in 1844 campaign, rewarded with political appointments; solicitor of the federal treasury, 1845-1847; chargé d'affaires, Chile from May 27, 1847, to May 22, 1849. Died, New Orleans, 1850, of yellow fever. T.D.S. Sources: Henry Clay Evans, Jr., Chile and Its Relations with the United States (1927); National Cyclopedia of American Biography, XIII (1906); U. S. Dept. of State, United States Chiefs of Mission, 1778-1973.
BARTON, Seth, attorney, jurist, public official. Born, Baltimore, Md., December 8, 1795; son of Seth Barton, Baltimore shipping merchant, and Sarah Emerson Maxwell. Classical education in Baltimore. Uncertain military record, had title of colonel. Law practice in Alabama and New Orleans, partner of Judah P. Benjamin (q.v.). Married three times. Married (3) Isabel Astaburruaga of leading Chilean family, in 1848, basis of significant international dispute with the Catholic church and Chilean government. Supported Polk with letters under pseudonym "John Randolph of Roanoke" in 1844 campaign, rewarded with political appointments; solicitor of the federal treasury, 1845-1847; chargé d'affaires, Chile from May 27, 1847, to May 22, 1849. Died, New Orleans, 1850, of yellow fever. T.D.S. Sources: Henry Clay Evans, Jr., Chile and Its Relations with the United States (1927); National Cyclopedia of American Biography, XIII (1906); U. S. Dept. of State, United States Chiefs of Mission, 1778-1973.
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