Governor Seymour And His Wife, Drawing Signed And Dated 1850

Horatio Seymour and his wife outside their home in Utica, New York, United States.
Pen drawing and ink notice.
It is signed lower right Frantz ? and dated 1840.
Very good condition.
Horatio Seymour (born May 31, 1810 and died February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He was governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and then from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic candidate for the presidential election of 1868, which he lost to Republican Ulysses Grant. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was called to the New York Bar in 1832 but focused primarily on managing his family's business interests. After serving as military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour was elected to the New York State Assembly and then chairman of that body in 1845. Seymour was elected governor in 1852 by defeating the candidate outgoing whig Washington Hunt. He tried to reunify the fractured Democratic Party but failed his reelection attempt in 1854 in part because of this disunity. Despite this defeat, Seymour has become a prominent national figure within the party. He supported the Union war effort during the Civil War, but criticized the leadership of President Abraham Lincoln. He won election to another governorship in 1862. After the war, Seymour supported President Andrew Johnson's rebuilding policy. The Democratic National Convention of 1868 invests him as Democratic candidate for the presidential election after twenty-two undecided ballots. He faces General Ulysses S. Grant, the very popular candidate of the Republican Party. Defeated, Seymour never sought public office again but remained active in politics and supported Grover Cleveland's campaign for the presidency of 1884.
He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica.